趙

趙 (Kangxi radical 156, 走+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土人火月 (GOFB), four-corner 4980₂, composition ⿺走肖)

• 𡁻 𠠄

• 赵 (Simplified Chinese)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1217, character 50
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37171
• Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 37
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3488, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8D99

Historical forms of the character 趙
Spring and Autumn	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l'ewʔ) : semantic 走 + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

趙

1. (～國) an ancient city-state, now Hongdong County in Shanxi
2. (～國) Zhao, a later and larger state during the Warring States period of Chinese history

   • 秦使武安君白起擊，大破趙於長平，四十餘萬盡殺之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     秦使武安君白起击，大破赵于长平，四十余万尽杀之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Qín shǐ Wǔ'ān jūn Bái Qǐ jī, dà pò Zhào yú Chángpíng, sìshí yú wàn jìn shā zhī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (obsolete) to run; to gallop; to move quickly
4. a surname, listed first in the Baijiaxing. It is the family name of the Song emperors

   趙紫陽／赵紫阳  ―  Zhào Zǐyáng  ―  Zhao Ziyang (Chinese politician)

   趙本山／赵本山  ―  Zhào Běnshān  ―  Zhao Benshan (Chinese skit and sitcom actor, comedian, television director)

5. (neologism) of the Communist Party of China

   See also: 趙家

• → English: Chao, Zhao, Chiu

趙

1. ^† to weed the ground; to hoe

   • 其笠伊糾，其鎛斯趙，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     其笠伊纠，其镈斯赵，以薅荼蓼。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Qí lì yī jiū, qí bó sī diào, yǐ hāo túliǎo. [Pinyin]

     With their light splint hats on their heads,
     They ply their hoes on the ground,
     Clearing away the smart-weed on the dry land and wet.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• On (unclassified): ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}; じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kun: こえる (koeru, 趙える); およぶ (oyobu); すばしこい (subashikoi)

趙 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. a surname

趙: Hán Nôm readings: Triệu, triệu

1. Chữ Hán form of Triệu (“a surname from Chinese.”).

   趙氏貞 ― Triệu Thị Trinh