趙
See also: 赵
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Translingual
Han character
趙 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土人火月 (GOFB), four-corner 49802, composition ⿺走肖)
Derived characters
- 𡁻 𠠄
Related characters
- 赵 (Simplified Chinese)
References
- KangXi: page 1217, character 50
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37171
- Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 37
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3488, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8D99
Chinese
| trad. | 趙 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 赵 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 趙 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spring and Autumn | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'ewʔ) : semantic 走 + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
趙
- (～國) an ancient city-state, now Hongdong County in Shanxi
- (～國) Zhao, a later and larger state during the Warring States period of Chinese history
- 秦使武安君白起擊，大破趙於長平，四十餘萬盡殺之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qín shǐ Wǔ'ān jūn Bái Qǐ jī, dà pò Zhào yú Chángpíng, sìshí yú wàn jìn shā zhī. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this example)
秦使武安君白起击，大破赵于长平，四十余万尽杀之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete) to run; to gallop; to move quickly
- a surname, listed first in the Baijiaxing. It is the family name of the Song emperors
- 趙紫陽／赵紫阳 ― Zhào Zǐyáng ― Zhao Ziyang (Chinese politician)
- 趙本山／赵本山 ― Zhào Běnshān ― Zhao Benshan (Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director)
- (neologism) of the Communist Party of China
- See also: 趙家
Descendants
- → English: Chao, Zhao, Chiu
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
趙
- † to weed the ground; to hoe
- 其笠伊糾，其鎛斯趙，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Qí lì yī jiū, qí bó sī diào, yǐ hāo túliǎo. [Pinyin]
- With their light splint hats on their heads,
They ply their hoes on the ground,
Clearing away the smart-weed on the dry land and wet.
其笠伊纠，其镈斯赵，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Japanese
Kanji
趙
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)←てう (teu, historical); じょう (jō)←でう (deu, historical)
- Kun: こえる (koeru, 趙える); およぶ (oyobu); すばしこい (subashikoi)
Korean
Hanja
趙 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
- a surname
Vietnamese
Han character
趙: Hán Nôm readings: Triệu, triệu
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