Chinese Character 赵 Meanings and components.

Form

赵

Meaning

赵 meaning[3] in English

Surname Zhao.

One Of The Seven States During The Warring States Period (476-220 Bc).

The Former Zhao 前趙[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) And Later Zhao 後趙[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), States Of The Sixteen Kingdoms.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 赵 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (走) , and to regulate (乂)

Its radical[1] is: 走 (zou3) which means: To Walk, To Go, To Run, To Move (Of Vehicle), To Visit, To Leave, To Go Away, To Die (Euph.), From, Through, Away (In Compound Verbs, Such As 撤走[Che4 Zou3]), To Change (Shape, Form, Meaning), .走zou3to walk

In cangjie it is written with GOK

How to write 赵

To write赵zhao4surname Zhao you should write a combination of 走zou3to walk , 乂yi4to regulate arranged in a 吅 shape:

走 + 乂 = 赵

赵 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 赵 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 赵, looks as follow:

赵
Pinyin:zhao4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Zhao . One Of The Seven States During The Warring States Period (476-220 Bc) . The Former Zhao 前趙[Qian2 Zhao4] (304-329) And Later Zhao 後趙[Hou4 Zhao4] (319-350), States Of The Sixteen Kingdoms
走
Pinyin:zou3
Meaning[3]: To Walk . To Go . To Run . To Move (Of Vehicle) . To Visit . To Leave . To Go Away . To Die (Euph.) . From . Through . Away (In Compound Verbs, Such As 撤走[Che4 Zou3]) . To Change (Shape, Form, Meaning)
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
龰
Pinyin:龰5 Shape:一
乂
Pinyin:yi4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: To Regulate . To Govern . To Control . To Mow

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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