Character: 兆
Modern (Beijing) reading: zhào
Preclassic Old Chinese: Łhewʔ (~ -a-)
Classic Old Chinese: Łhéw
Western Han Chinese: Łhjáw
Eastern Han Chinese: lhjáw
Early Postclassic Chinese: dhjéw
Middle Postclassic Chinese: dhjéw
Late Postclassic Chinese: dhjéw
Middle Chinese: ḍéw
English meaning : (perhaps:) a million
Russian meaning[s]: 1) предвестье, признак; предсказание; гадание; 2) миллион; сто миллионов; мириады, великое множество; 3) Чжао (фамилия)
Comments: The basic reading of the character is a homonymous *Łhewʔ (~-a-) 'omen, picture of cracks on oracle bone'; it is attested, however, only since Late Zhou.
Radical: 10
Four-angle index: 7516
Karlgren code: 1145 a
Vietnamese reading: triệu
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