Chinese Character Wiki

肈

zhào

to commence

Evolution

肈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
肈 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
肈 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肈 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

肈  

zhào

to commence; to found; to devise. at first. to originate. to strike

肇 (肈) 

zhào

the start; the origin

Most common words with 肈
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+8088

Shuowen

“肈，上諱。”


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