Memory phrase for the character: 兆

兆

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Meaning

sign/omen, trillion, portent

Pronunciation

CHŌ
kizashi/su

Explanation

 Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (were used in ancient China for divination)

Mnemonic
 
The cracked turtle shell show a trillion signs/omens.

Radicals

儿 moving feetRadical: hitoashi
兆 omen




 Vocabulary

兆し きざし  sign, omen, indication, portent
兆す きざす  to show signs; to have symptoms
兆 ちょう  trillion (American), = 1E12 = 1,000,000,000,000
凶兆 きょうちょう  evil omen, ominous sign
兆候 ちょうこう  sign, symtom, omen

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