趙 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zhào

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components

走 Meaning component

zǒu

walk

肖 Sound component

xiào, xiāo

look like

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

赵 (趙)

zhào

surname; ancient state; to surpass (old)

赵 (趙)

Zhào

surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

Most common words with 趙

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	赵	surname Zhao
	赵本山	Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
	完璧归赵	lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
	赵薇	Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
	赵云	Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms