肇

zhào

zh+ào·4th tone

at first · devise

Radical: 聿 Strokes: 14

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Level 2 character

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Character Decomposition

肇=户+攵+聿

Meanings

at first

devise

originate

zhào

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Words with 肇 54 total

the starting point肇端zhào duān to cause an accident肇祸zhào huò (literary) to establish; to found (a country etc); to initiate construction (of sth large-scale, e.g. a palace, university etc)肇建zhào jiàn to initiate · to start · the start肇始zhào shǐ to cause an accident · to be responsible for an incident · to provoke a disturbance肇事zhào shì