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赵

zhào

Character Traditional 趙

What 赵 means

1. to surpass (old)

Other readings

赵 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zhàosurname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the F

Words starting with 赵

• 赵紫阳Zhào Zǐ yángZhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist…
• 赵薇Zhào WēiZhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star
• 赵本山Zhào Běn shānZhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
• 赵国Zhào GuóZhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history…
• 赵云Zhào YúnZhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
• 赵元任Zhào Yuán rènYuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist
• 赵宋Zhào SòngSong dynasty (960-1279); used to distinguish it from 刘宋 Song of Southern dynasties…
• 赵客Zhào kèknight of the Zhao State; generic term for a knight-errant
• 赵括Zhào KuòZhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 赵国; also called Ma Fuzi 马服子
• 赵构Zhào GòuZhao Gou (1107-1187), personal name of the tenth Song Emperor Gaozong 宋高宗
• 赵县Zhào XiànZhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市
• 赵翼Zhào YìZhao Yi (1727-1814), Qing dynasty poet and historian, one of Three great poets of the…
• 赵军Zhào jūnarmy of Zhao 赵国 during the Warring States
• 赵高Zhào GāoZhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese…
• 赵公明Zhào Gōng míngZhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
• 赵子龙Zhào Zǐ lóngcourtesy name of Zhao Yun 赵云
• 赵家人Zhào jiā rén(neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC)
• 赵州桥Zhào zhōu QiáoZhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河
• 赵乐际Zhào Lè jìZhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the…
• 赵树理Zhào Shù lǐZhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist
• 赵公元帅Zhào gōng yuán shuàiMarshal Zhao, aka Zhao Gongming or Zhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk…
• 赵惠文王Zhào Huì wén WángKing Huiwen of Zhao 赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period
• 赵玄坛Zhào Xuán tánZhao Xuantan, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism
• 赵忠尧Zhào Zhōng yáoZhao Zhongyao (1902-1998), Chinese pioneer nuclear physicist

Words containing 赵

• 燕赵Yān ZhàoYan and Zhao, two of the Warring States in Hebei and Shanxi; beautiful women…
• 前赵Qián ZhàoFormer Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)
• 后赵Hòu ZhàoLater Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
• 围魏救赵wéi Wèi jiù Zhàolit. to besiege 魏; fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the…
• 张王李赵Zhāng Wáng Lǐ Zhào(idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone
• 燕赵都市报Yān Zhào Dū shì BàoYanzhao Metropolis Daily
• 完璧归赵wán bì guī Zhàolit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its…
• 张三，李四，王五，赵六Zhāng Sān , Lǐ Sì , Wáng Wǔ , Zhào Liù(four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry

Characters that look like 赵

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 逊xùnto abdicate; modest; yielding
• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 赴fùto go; to visit (e.g. another country); to attend (a banquet etc)
• 耙bàa hoe; to harrow
• 剁duòto chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)

Sounds the same

Read zhào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 照according to; in accordance with; to shine
• 召to call together; to summon; to convene
• 罩to cover; to spread over; a cover; a shade; a hood; bamboo fish trap
• 兆(bound form) omen; to foretell; million; mega-
• 诏(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 肇at first; devise; originate
• 棹oar (archaic); scull; paddle
• 笊loosely woven bamboo ladle
• 曌name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武则天
• 啅chirp
• 垗sacrifice
• 旐banner