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Character

兆

zhào HSK 7
兆 zhào HSK 7
  • 1. a large number: traditionally one hundred thousand, one billion, or one trillion (depending on system); in modern usage one million, or used to mean an enormous quantity (e.g. 亿兆, 兆民)
  • 2. an omen; a sign or indication of something
  • 3. to foretell; to portend
  • 4. crack on a tortoise shell made by scorching for divination (superstition)
  • 5. a surname
  • 6. mega- (SI prefix for 10⁶, symbol M)
Words using 兆 as zhào (2)
  • 1 兆头 zhào tou — omen HSK 7
    • 兆 sign, omen, portent
    • 头 noun suffix (nominalizer)
    Example

    这是个好兆头。

    zhè shì gè hǎo zhào tou

    This is a good omen.

  • 2 预兆 yù zhào — omen HSK 7
    • 预 in advance, beforehand
    • 兆 omen, sign
    Example

    天空出现彩虹，这是好天气的预兆。

    tiān kōng chū xiàn cǎi hóng zhè shì hǎo tiān qì de yù zhào

    A rainbow appears in the sky; this is an omen of good weather.

Structure & writing
兆 zhào — a large number: traditionally one hundred thousand, one billion, or one trillion (depending on system); in modern usage one million, or used to mean an enormous quantity (e.g. 亿兆, 兆民)
兆 is a component in 5 characters
HSK 2
跳 tiào to jump; to leap
HSK 5
挑 tiǎo to pry open; to flick up with a pointed or slender object 桃 táo peach tree, a small deciduous tree with smooth twigs, oblong-lanceolate leaves, solitary pink flowers, and sweet, roughly spherical fruit covered in fine fuzz; the kernel is used medicinally
HSK 6
逃 táo to flee; to escape from an unfavorable situation
HSK 7
眺 tiào to gaze into the distance

兆 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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