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兆

兆 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うらない、うらなう、きざし、きざす
  2. （台湾、日本、韓国とシンガポール）1,000,000,000,000 = 1012を表すtera-。
  3. （本土中国とベトナム）1,000,000 = 106を表すmega-。
  4. 漢数字

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。ふたつの「止」（足形）が境界で分けられているさまを象る。「境界」を意味する漢語｛垗｝を表す字。のち仮借して「きざし」を意味する漢語｛兆｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウElem.
Kun (native)
  • きざ(す)HS
  • きざ(し)HS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhao4
  • 한글jo
  • Hán-ViệtTriệu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
儿(ひとあし)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5146

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰冫⿺儿⿱丿丶

Words using this kanji

  • 兆しきざしsign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 兆候ちょうこう何かの前触れ。兆し。sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 兆ちょう「億」の次、「京」の前の単位、一兆は1億の一万倍。10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion, sign
  • 兆すきざすto show signs, to have symptoms, to give indications (of), to bud
  • 兆民ちょうみん万民。多くの民。the whole nation, all the people

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-3
Four Corner
3221.3
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2b4.4
Heisig
250
Nelson
637