兆

兆 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “portent”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 250. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword: portent
RTK frame: 250
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): チョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): きざ.す, きざ.し
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: портной, turtle, omen
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 兆 omen

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 兆

桃 peach tree
眺 stare
逃 escape
挑 challenge
跳 hop
銚 keg

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