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肇

zhào

Meanings

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zhào
  1. 1.at first
  2. 2.devise
  3. 3.originate

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to commence; to start; to begin
  2. 2.to cause

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *dawʔ): phonetic 肁 (OC *dawʔ) + semantic 攵 (“hand action”).

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Stroke order

Components

肇𢼄聿

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Derived terms

僧肇肇事肇事者肇因肇基肇始肇慶肇庆肇禍肇祸肇禍者肇祸者肇端肇論肇论肇造

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Related words

肇事 to cause an accident肇源 see 肇源县[Zhào yuán Xiàn]肇州 see 肇州县[Zhào zhōu Xiàn]肇东 see 肇东市[Zhào dōng Shì]肇庆 see 肇庆市[Zhào qìng Shì]肇端 the starting point肇始 to initiate肇祸 to cause an accident肇建 (literary) to establish; to found (a country etc); to initiate construction (of sth large-scale, e.g. a palace, university etc)肇因 cause肇庆市 Zhaoqing, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 广东省[Guǎng dōng Shěng]李肇星 Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister