懂中文 Dong Chinese

趙

zhào

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

Components
走 meaning component

走  Meaning component

zǒu

  

walk

肖 sound component

肖  Sound component

xiào, xiāo

  

look like

Evolution

趙 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
趙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
趙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
趙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

赵 (趙) 

zhào

surname; ancient state; to surpass (old)

赵 (趙) 

Zhào

surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms

Most common words with 趙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

赵

surname Zhao

赵本山

Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian

完璧归赵

lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner

赵薇

Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao (1976-), Chinese film star

赵云

Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms