Taxonomy of meanings for 兆:
- 兆 zhào (OC: ɡrlewʔ MC: ɖɯiɛu) 治小切 上 廣韻：【十億曰兆説文分也姓也 】
- BEGIN
- vtoNinaugurate ZUO 兆其謀
- OMEN
- n(post-N)sign, presage
- vichangeshow signs; (of problems) become virulent
- vtoNbe indicative of N, be an omen of N
- n[post-N]omen for somethingCH
- TOMB
- ntomb site; tomb
- DIVINATION
- SHOW
- CONFORM
- SHAPE
- REGION
- ALTAR
- SACRIFICE
- BURY
- CEMETERY
- NUMBER
- MANY
- vadNmyriads ofCH
- PEOPLE
- SURNAMES
- BEGIN
Additional information about 兆
說文解字: 【𠧞】，灼龜坼也。从卜、兆，象形。 【治小切】 【兆】，古文(兆)[𠧞]省。 〔小徐本「兆」作「𠧞」。〕
- Criteria
- OMEN
1. The current general term for a presage is zhào 兆.
2. Xiáng 祥 is a less momentous sign or portent, positive or negative.
- Word relations
- Contrast: (OMEN)端/BEGIN
- Assoc: (OMEN)占/DIVINATION
The current general word for any form of divination is zhān 占.