Chinese Character Wiki

肇

zhào

begin

Evolution

肇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
肇 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
肇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肇 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
肇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肇  

zhào

begin, commence, originate; at first; devise; originate

肇 (肈) 

zhào

the start; the origin

Most common words with 肇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

肇事

to cause an accident

肇事者

offender

肇

at first

李肇星

Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister

肇庆

Zhaoqing prefecture level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng​dōng​shěng] in south China

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.1533% of movies

3083rd most common character in movies

3206th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8087

Shuowen

“肇，擊也。从攴，肈省聲。”


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