趙

See also: 赵

趙 U+8D99, 趙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D99 ← 趘 [U+8D98] CJK Unified Ideographs 趚 → [U+8D9A]

Translingual

Han character

趙 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土人火月 (GOFB), four-corner 4980₂, composition ⿺走肖)

Derived characters

• 𡁻 𠠄

Related characters

• 赵 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1217, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37171
• Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3488, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D99

Chinese

trad.		趙
simp.		赵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 趙
Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (肖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
梢	*sreːw
捎	*sreːw, *sew
筲	*sreːw
鞘	*sreːw, *slewɢs
艄	*sreːw
蛸	*sreːw, *sew
髾	*sreːw
輎	*sreːw
旓	*sreːw
弰	*sreːw
鮹	*sreːw, *sew
綃	*sreːw, *sew
颵	*sreːw
莦	*sreːw, *sew
娋	*sreːw, *sreːws
稍	*sreːws
哨	*sreːws, *sʰews, *sew
揱	*sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ
潲	*sreːws
睄	*sreːws
悄	*sʰewʔ
俏	*sʰews
峭	*sʰews
陗	*sʰews
帩	*sʰews
誚	*zews
消	*sew
宵	*sew
霄	*sew
硝	*sew
銷	*sew
逍	*sew
魈	*sew
痟	*slew
焇	*sew
肖	*slew, *slews
韒	*slewɢs
趙	*l'ewʔ
箾	*seːw, *sleːw
踃	*seːw
削	*slewɢ
矟	*sreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ewʔ) : semantic 走 + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

趙

1. (～國) an ancient city-state, now Hongdong County in Shanxi
2. (～國) Zhao, a later and larger state during the Warring States period of Chinese history

   • 秦使武安君白起擊，大破趙於長平，四十餘萬盡殺之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦使武安君白起击，大破赵于长平，四十余万尽杀之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qín shǐ Wǔ'ān jūn Bái Qǐ jī, dà pò Zhào yú Chángpíng, sìshí yú wàn jìn shā zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (obsolete) to run; to gallop; to move quickly
4. a surname, listed first in the Baijiaxing. It is the family name of the Song emperors

   趙紫陽／赵紫阳  ―  Zhào Zǐyáng  ―  Zhao Ziyang (Chinese politician)

   趙本山／赵本山  ―  Zhào Běnshān  ―  Zhao Benshan (Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director)

5. (neologism) of the Communist Party of China

   See also: 趙家

Descendants

• → English: Chao, Zhao, Chiu

Compounds

• 丹趙路／丹赵路 (Dānzhàolù)
• 伯趙氏／伯赵氏
• 前趙／前赵 (Qiánzhào)
• 原璧歸趙／原璧归赵
• 圍魏救趙／围魏救赵 (wéiwèijiùzhào)
• 奉趙／奉赵
• 完璧歸趙／完璧归赵 (wánbìguīzhào)
• 張王李趙／张王李赵 (Zhāng-Wáng-Lǐ-Zhào)
• 後趙／后赵 (Hòuzhào)
• 東趙湖／东赵湖 (Dōngzhàohú)
• 歸趙／归赵
• 璧趙／璧赵
• 西趙湖／西赵湖 (Xīzhàohú)
• 趙不肖／赵不肖
• 趙五娘／赵五娘
• 趙公明／赵公明
• 趙女／赵女
• 趙宋／赵宋 (Zhàosòng)
• 趙家／赵家 (Zhàojiā)
• 趙家畈／赵家畈 (Zhàojiāfàn)
• 趙旺／赵旺
• 趙村／赵村 (Zhàocūn)
• 趙李橋／赵李桥 (Zhàolǐqiáo)
• 趙棚／赵棚 (Zhàopéng)
• 趙武靈王／赵武灵王
• 趙氏孤兒／赵氏孤儿
• 趙溝／赵沟 (Zhàogōu)
• 趙灣／赵湾 (Zhàowān)
• 趙玄壇／赵玄坛
• 趙禮讓肥／赵礼让肥
• 趙莊／赵庄 (Zhàozhuāng)
• 趙集／赵集 (Zhàojí)
• 趙雞子／赵鸡子
• 趙體／赵体

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁵
    • Yale: tíuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯¹³/

Definitions

趙

1. ^† to weed the ground; to hoe

   • 其笠伊糾，其鎛斯趙，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其笠伊纠，其镈斯赵，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qí lì yī jiū, qí bó sī diào, yǐ hāo túliǎo. [Pinyin]

     With their light splint hats on their heads,
     They ply their hoes on the ground,
     Clearing away the smart-weed on the dry land and wet.

Japanese

Kanji

趙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}; じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kun: こえる (koeru, 趙える); およぶ (oyobu); すばしこい (subashikoi)

Korean

Hanja

趙 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. a surname

Vietnamese

Han character

趙: Hán Nôm readings: Triệu, triệu

1. Chữ Hán form of Triệu (“a surname from Chinese.”).

   趙氏貞 ― Triệu Thị Trinh