肇(zhào)

HSK 7-914 strokes

at first

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Character information

Pinyin
zhào
Meaning
at first; devise; originate
Strokes
14
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 肇 comes from and how its parts fit together.

⿱⿰户攵聿

Made of

户hù攵pū聿yù

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 肇 step by step

14 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 肇

Common words using 肇 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhào肇shì事
HSK 7-9

to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a distu…

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lǐ李zhào肇

Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official

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zhào肇yīn因

cause; origin

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dīng丁zhào肇zhōng中

Samuel C. C. Ting (1936-), American physicist, 1976 Nobel Prize laureate in physics

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lǐ李zhào肇xīng星

Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister

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zhào肇shì事zhě者

offender

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zhào肇shǐ始

to initiate

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zhào肇qìng庆

see 肇庆市

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事李因丁中星者始

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