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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 兆 U+5146 |  Seal script |  Jianbo |
| Radical: | 儿+ 4 strokes = 6 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.297#10 Kangxi: p.124#03 Cihai: p.134r2c03 GSR: 1145.a Hanyu: v1,p0268#02 |
| Composition: | Component of: 𠛪 𠧞 𠩓 佻 𫍥 𫑜 狣 洮 𡱜 𢓝 𡭰 啕 庣 𪜍 𣴝 垗 𪨱 姚 𮎮 宨 [More] |
| Mandarin: | zhào ㄓㄠˋ |
| Cantonese: | siu6 ziu6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | djhiɛ̌u |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·小·肇》兆：十亿曰兆。《说文》分也，又姓。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·儿部·四》兆：《唐韵》治小切《集韵》《韵会》直绍切，𠀤音肇。《说文》灼龟坼也。《周礼·春官·大卜》掌三兆之法，一曰玉兆，二曰瓦兆，三曰原兆。《注》兆者，灼龟发于火，其形可占者。《前汉·文帝纪》兆得大横。《注》应劭曰：龟曰兆。又坛域茔界皆曰兆。《前汉·郊祀志》谨按周官兆五帝于四郊。《注》兆谓爲坛之茔域也。《孝经·丧亲章》卜其宅兆，而安厝之。《注》茔墓界域也。又朕兆。《老子·道德经》我则泊兮其未兆。《注》意未作之时也。又数名。《韵会》十万爲亿，十亿爲兆。又京兆。《韵会》兆者，衆数。言大衆所在也。又《史记·历书》游兆执徐三年。《注》游兆，景也。执徐，辰也。丙辰岁也。又《韵补》叶直遥切，音朝。《晋书·乐志歌》神之来，光景昭。听无声，视无兆。 |
| Fanqie: | 治小 (《广韵·上声·小·肇》) |
| Unihan definition: | omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion |
Example usage
| 《孟子·万章下》: | 曰：“为之兆也。” |
| He wished to make a trial of carrying his doctrines into practice. | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 《甫刑》曰：‘一人有庆，兆民赖之。’ |
| It is said in the Punishments of Fu (V, xxvii, 13), "I, the One man, will have felicity, and the millions of the people will look to you as their sure dependence." | |
| 《孝经·丧亲》: | 卜其宅兆，而安措之。 |
| They consult the tortoise-shell to determine the grave and the ground about it, and there they lay the body in peace. | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 节莫差于僭，僭莫重于祭，祭莫重于地，地莫重于天，则襄、文、宣、灵其兆也。 |
| In the rules of ceremony there is no fault greater than usurpation. In usurpation, no fault is greater those than in making sacrificial offerings. In making offerings, there is nothing more important than the place of the ceremony, and in the place of the ceremony, nothing is more important than choosing a place to sacrifice to Tian. This being so, Duke Xiang, Duke Wen, Duke Xuan and Duke Ling built their temples. | |
| 《墨子·明鬼下》: | 故昔夏王桀，贵为天子，富有天下，有勇 力2之 人3推哆大戏，生列兕虎，指画杀人，人民之众兆亿，侯盈厥泽陵，然不能以此圉鬼神之诛。 |
| Now, King Jie of Xia was an emperor in honour and possessed the whole empire in wealth. In his service was the man of great daring and strength, Tui Yi Da Xi, who had torn apart a buffalo alive. He could kill a man at the move of a finger, and the number of those killed amounted to a million, and they were thrown into lakes and mountains. Yet, for all this, Jie coald not evade the punishment from ghosts and spirits. | |
| 《庄子·天下》: | 以天为宗，以德为本，以道为门，兆于变化，谓之圣人。 |
| To regard Heaven as his primal Source, Its Attributes as the Root (of his nature), and the Dao as the Gate (by which he enters into this inheritance), (knowing also) the prognostics given in change and transformation, constitutes what we call the Sagely man. | |
| 《道德经》: | 我独怕兮其未兆。 |
| I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given no indication of their presence. | |
| 《商君书·算地》: | 故其国刑不可恶而爵禄不足务也，此亡国之兆也。 |
| So, if the penalties of the country are such that they do not cause dislike, and the titles and emoluments are not worth attention, it is an omen of the ruin of the country. | |
| 《荀子·君子》: | 传曰：“一人有庆，兆民赖之。” |
| 《说苑·修文》: | 曰，礼不豫凶事，死而后治凶服，衣衰饰，修棺椁，作穿窆宅兆，然后丧文成，外亲毕至，葬坟集，孝子忠臣之恩厚备尽矣。 |
| 《春秋繁露》: | 故曰：“一人有庆，兆民赖之。” |
| 《大戴礼记》: | 龙非风不举，龟非火不兆，此皆阴阳之际也。 |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 《书逸篇》曰：“厥兆天子爵。” |
| 《新书·保傅》: | 《书》曰：“一人有庆，兆民赖之。” |
| 《新序·善谋》: | 遇黄帝战于阪泉之兆。 |
| 《中论·治学》: | 是以为之者亿兆，而成之者无几。 |
| 《孔子家语·好生》: | 夫质也，黑白宜正焉，今得《贲》，非吾兆也。 |
| 《潜夫论·浮侈》: | 王者以四海为一家，以兆民为通计。 |
| 《论衡·本性》: | 人善因善，恶亦因恶，初禀天然之姿，受纯壹之质，故生而兆见，善恶可察。 |
| 《太玄经·养》: | 次六，次次，一日三饩，祇牛之兆，肥不利。 |
| 《风俗通义·三王》: | 经美文王，三分天下有其二，王业始兆于此耳。 |
| 《孔丛子·问军礼》: | 既筮，则献兆于天子。 |
| 《忠经·兆人章》: | 是故祗承君之法度，行孝悌于其家，服勤稼穑以供王赋，此兆人之忠也。 |
| 《新语·术事》: | 故说事者上陈五帝之功，而思之于身，下列桀、纣之败，而戒之于己，则德可以配日月，行可以合神灵，登高及远，达幽洞冥，听之无声，视之无形，世人莫覩其兆，莫知其情，校修《五经》之本末，道德之真伪，既□其意，而不见其人。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 天子曰兆民，诸侯曰万民，百乘之家曰百姓。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 汉家不言禘祫，五年而再殷祭，则西庙惠帝、景、昭皆别祠，成、哀、平三帝以非光武所后，藏主长安，故高庙四时祠于东庙，京兆尹侍祠衣冠车服，如太常祠行陵庙之礼，顺帝母故云姓李，或姓张。 |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 儒生曰：“此固非卦兆之所占，非祈请之所祷，非药石之所攻。” |
| 《鶡冠子·度万》: | 过生于上，罪死于下，有世将极，驱驰索祸，开门逃福，贤良为笑，愚者为国，天咎先见，灾害并杂，人孰兆生，孰知其极。 |
| 《文始真经·二柱》: | 兆龟，数蓍，破瓦，文石，皆能告吉凶。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 我独怕兮其未兆，我独怕然安静，未有情欲之形兆也。 |
| 《韩非子·初见秦》: | 襄主钻龟筮占兆，以视利害，何国可降。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 管子入复桓公曰：“地重，投之哉兆，国有榷。” |
| 《六韬·文师》: | 非龙非螭，非虎非罴，兆得公侯。 |
| 《尉缭子·攻权》: | 信在期前，事在未兆，故众已聚不虚散，兵出不徒归，求敌若求亡子，击敌若救溺人。 |
| 《孙子算经·卷上》: | 凡大数之法，万万曰亿，万万亿曰兆，万万兆曰京，万万京曰陔，万万陔曰秭，万万秭曰壤，万万壤曰沟，万万沟曰涧，万万涧日正，万万正曰载。 |
| 《周髀算经·卷下》: | 故日兆月，月光乃出，故成明月。 |
| 《淮南子·缪称训》: | 故一人有庆，兆民赖之。 |
| 《吕氏春秋·慎大》: | 干辛任威，凌轹诸侯，以及兆民，贤良郁怨。 |
| 《鬼谷子·抵巇》: | 其施外兆萌牙櫱之谋，皆由抵巇。 |
| 《邓析子·无厚》: | 诚听能闻于无声，视能见于无形，计能规于未兆，虑能防于未然，斯无他也。 |
| 《史记·孝文本纪》: | 卜之龟，卦兆得大横。 |
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