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U+5146, 兆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5146

[U+5145]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5147]

Translingual

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Stroke order (Japan)
0 strokes

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 10, +4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 中一山人 (LMUO), four-corner 32113, composition or 丿)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1347
  • Dae Jaweon: page 260, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 268, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5146

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𠧞
𡉵
𡊥
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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts


References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) – the cracks in a shell during fortune-telling, an omen.

Etymology

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Compare Chepang ह्रावःसा (hrawʔ‑, to forebode; to portend ill fortune).

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • diao6 - Shantou;
  • diou6 - Chaozhou.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (11)
Final () (92)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɖˠiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɖᵚiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȡiæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɖiawX/
Li
Rong
/ȡjɛuX/
Wang
Li
/ȡĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ȡʱi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
zhào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ziu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
zhào
Middle
Chinese
‹ drjewX ›
Old
Chinese
/*lr[a]wʔ/
English great number

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 16856
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l'ewʔ/

Definitions

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  1. (historical) cracks formed on heated tortoise plastrons and mammal bones used in ancient divination
  2. omen
      ―  zhào  ―  auspicious omen
  3. to portend; to augur
  4. graveyard, cemetery, necropolis
  5. (chiefly Taiwan) trillion (million million), tera-, 1012
  6. (Mainland China) (SI prefix) million, mega-, 106

Synonyms

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  • (trillion): (Mainland China) 萬億万亿 (wànyì)
  • (tera-): (Mainland China) (tài)
  • (mega-): (Taiwan) 百萬百万 (bǎiwàn)

Compounds

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See also

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Chinese numerals
104 108 1012 1016 1020 1024 1028 1032 1036 1040 1044 1048
(wàn) 亿 () (zhào) (Taiwan) (jīng) (Taiwan) (gāi) () (ráng) (gōu) (jiàn) (zhèng) (zài) ()
萬億万亿 (wànyì)
(Mainland China)
/亿亿
(Mainland China)

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. portent
  2. trillion, 1012
  3. sign
  4. omen
  5. symptoms

Readings

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Compounds

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Numeral

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(ちょう) (chō

  1. trillion (million million), 1012
    5000(ごせん)(ちょう)(えん)()しい!
    Go-sen-chō-en hoshii!
    I want 5,000,000,000,000,000 yen! (internet meme)

See also

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Japanese numerical compounds with (ちょう) (chō)
1012 2 × 1012 3 × 1012 4 × 1012 5 × 1012 6 × 1012 7 × 1012 8 × 1012 9 × 1012 1013 1014
(いっ)(ちょう) (itchō) ()(ちょう) (nichō) (さん)(ちょう) (sanchō) (よん)(ちょう) (yonchō) ()(ちょう) (gochō) (ろく)(ちょう) (rokuchō) (なな)(ちょう) (nanachō) (はっ)(ちょう) (hatchō) (きゅう)(ちょう) (kyūchō) (じゅっ)(ちょう) (jutchō) (ひゃく)(ちょう) (hyakuchō)

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (jo))

  1. hanja form? of (a trillion)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: triệu, diệu, điềm, giệu

  1. million, mega-