赵
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to surpass (old)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 走 +2
- Structure
- Lower-left enclosure 左下包
- Traditional
- 趙
- Common rank
- #1,774
- Unicode
- U+8D75
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Formation & memory
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How 赵 is formed
How to remember it
Zhao · Heisig RSH #2535
走 walk + sheaf
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 赵
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 张三，李四，王五，赵六 | (four proverbial names) Tom, Dick and Harry | |
| 赵家人 | (neologism 2015) the Zhao family (derogatory term for those who hold power in the PRC) | |
| 赵子龙 | courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云[Zhao4 Yun2], general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdo… | |
| 赵本山 | Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian | |
| 赵公明 | Zhao Gongming, God of Wealth in the Chinese folk tradition and Taoism | |
| 燕赵都市报 | Yanzhao Metropolis Daily | |
| 赵树理 | Zhao Shuli (1906-1970), proletarian novelist | |
| 张王李赵 | (idiom) any Tom, Dick or Harry; anyone | |
| 赵惠文王 | King Huiwen of Zhao 趙國|赵国, reigned 298-266 BC during the Warring States Period | |
| 赵乐际 | Zhao Leji (1957-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee and Secretary of the Central… | |
| 赵元任 | Yuen Ren Chao (1892-1982), Chinese-American linguist | |
| 赵州桥 | Zhaozhou Bridge over Xiao River 洨河[Xiao2 He2] in Zhao county 趙縣|赵县[Zhao4 Xian4], Shijiazhu… | |
| 赵县 | Zhao County or Zhaoxian, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], … | |
| 赵国 | Zhao, one of the seven states during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475-220… | |
| 赵高 | Zhao Gao (?-207 BC), one of the most vile, corrupt and powerful eunuchs in Chinese history… | |
| 赵紫阳 | Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist … | |
| 后赵 | Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350) | |
| 前赵 | Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329) | |
| 赵军 | army of Zhao 趙國|赵国 during the Warring States | |
| 赵云 | Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms |