The Xiaozhuan script for Zhao is written as follows:

After Qin Shihuang unified China (221 BC), he implemented the policy of "writing with the same text and carriages with the same track" and unifying weights and measures. Prime Minister Li Si was responsible for simplifying the large seal script originally used by the Qin State, canceling the variant characters of the other six countries, and creating a unified Chinese character writing form.

Zhao: [ zhào ]?

Radical: strokes: 9

Basic explanation

1.?The name of an ancient Chinese country ( a. "Zhao" in the Warring States Period; b. At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Xiongnu and Jie tribes established the "Zhao Kingdom" in the north, known as "Qian Zhao" and "Later Zhao" in history)? Chivalrous people, so "Zhao Ke" is the general name for chivalrous people).

2. Surname.

Extended information:

The surname Zhao ranked first in the "Hundred Family Surnames" of the Song Dynasty, and ranked eighth in the New Hundred Family Surnames in 2006. Its birthplace is in present-day Shanxi Province, and it was once one of the Six Ministers of Jin. Cepheus during the reign of King Mu of Zhou was the ancestor of the Han Chinese surname Zhao, which is one of the common surnames in the north.

Related vocabulary:

1. Zhaofu [zhào fú]?

During the Warring States Period, King Wuling of Zhao carried out military reforms, changed to Hufu, and learned to ride and shoot.

2. Hu Zhao [hú zhào]?

The common name of Hu Yan and Zhao Shui in Spring and Autumn Jin Dynasty.

3. Zhao toilet [zhào cè]?

Refers to Yurang hiding in the toilet to assassinate Zhao Xiangzi.

4. Luo Zhao [luó zhào]?

The combined name of Jin Luo Hui and Zhao Xi. Both of them were famous calligraphers at that time.

5. Zhao Gu [zhào gū]?

The orphan of the Zhao family. Refers to Zhao Wu.