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兆 — 6 strokes ／ Radical「儿」

道
7Elementary year 4 ／ 6 strokes ／ Radical「儿」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
きざ(す)・きざ(し)kiza(su) · kiza(shi)
Meaning
sign; omen; trillion

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Pictograph of cracks formed when a tortoise shell was burned for divination; means "omen/sign."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチョウちょうchō兆候ちょうこう前兆ぜんちょう億兆おくちょう
Kunきざすkizasu兆すきざす
Kunきざしkizashi兆しきざし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 前兆ぜんちょう

    omen; sign

  • 一兆いっちょう

    one trillion

More words with this kanji

  • 朕兆ちんちょう
  • 瑞兆ずいちょう
  • 京兆尹けいちょういん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

空(そら)が暗(くら)くなり、雨(あめ)の兆(きざ)しが見(み)えた。

The sky darkened, and signs of rain appeared.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

一兆前兆兆一one前front児child兀lofty…允permit元origin兄older…丁block弔condol…庁govern…仗arms吊hang
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 儿Map of reading チョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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