Memory phrase for the Kanji: 兆

兆

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Meaning sign/omen, trillion, portent

Pronunciation

CHŌ
kizashi/su

Explanation

Pictograph: cracks in a turtle shell (were used in ancient China for divination)

Mnemonic
 
The cracked turtle shell show a trillion signs/omens.

Radicals

儿 moving feetRadical: hitoashi
兆 omen
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 Vocabulary

凶兆 きょうちょう  evil omen, ominous sign
兆 ちょう  trillion (American), billion (British) (1,000,000,000,000)
兆し きざし  sign, omen, indication, portent
兆候 ちょうこう  sign, symtom, omen

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