zhào
omen
Original meaning:
escape
Originally a pictograph of two people escaping a flood. Based on the original meaning "escape", now written as 逃. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*lr[a]wʔ | drjewX | zhào | great number |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 7.9129% of movies
2143rd most common character in movies
2246th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+5146 |
Shuowen | “,灼龜坼也。从卜、兆,象形。兆,古文兆省。” |
Sources
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