Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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

moving feetRadical: hitoashi
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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