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Kanji Detail for 兆 - "omen, trillion, portent"
兆
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Meaning
兆 means "omen, trillion, portent."
Omen - A sign of things to come.
Trillion - A very large number.
Portent - An indication; a harbinger.
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Words using 兆
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兆候
ちょうこう
sign; indication; omen
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兆候
ちょうこう
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Tattoo check: 兆
- Verified meaning: omen, trillion, portent
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read きざし, とき)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 兆
Given names 兆(きざし)
Surnames 兆(とき)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
portent; 10**12; trillion; sign; omen; symptoms
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
omen; million; mega; also trillion. China = million; Japan and Taiwan = trillion
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Zhao
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
omen; mega-, million
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
In ancient times, tortoise shells were used for divination. Burning the shell and examining the cracks to determine fortune is called 兆. Hence all methods of divining fortune are called 兆. Such as the common belief that crow cries are bad omens (凶兆) and magpie chattering is a good omen (吉兆). | Sign; indication. Such as 朕兆, meaning things that have manifested and can be seen. | A number name. One million is 兆. Also, arithmetic books say wan-wan is 億, wan-億 is 兆. | Altar grounds and cemetery boundaries are all called 兆. Hence divining for burial sites is also called 卜兆.
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