瑞兆

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Chinese

		lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (瑞兆)		瑞	兆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruìzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruìzhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruèijhào
  - Wade–Giles: jui⁴-chao⁴
  - Yale: rwèi-jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rueyjaw
  - Palladius: жуйчжао (žujčžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyweH drjewX

Rime
Character	瑞	兆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是僞切	治小切
Baxter	dzyweH	drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇ^H/	/ɖˠiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛ^H/	/ɖᵚiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuɛ^H/	/ȡiæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwiə̆^H/	/ɖiaw^X/
Li Rong	/ʑiue^H/	/ȡjɛu^X/
Wang Li	/ʑǐwe^H/	/ȡĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑwie̯^H/	/ȡʱi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuì	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi⁶	ziu⁶

Noun

瑞兆

(literary) auspicious omen
- 母以兒生瑞兆，因為靈育。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  母以儿生瑞兆，因为灵育。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Shi Huijiao, Memoirs of Eminent Monks, circa 530 CE
  Mǔ yǐ ér shēng ruìzhào, yīn wèi língyù.
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	兆
ずい Jinmeiyō	ちょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ずいちょー (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

瑞(ずい)兆(ちょう) • (zuichō) ^{←ずいてう (zuiteu)^?}

auspicious omen

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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