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
• 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。
     秦使武安君白起击，大破赵于长平，四十余万尽杀之。

     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.

     (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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weed the ground; to hoe

   • 其笠伊糾，其鎛斯趙，以薅荼蓼。
     其笠伊纠，其镈斯赵，以薅荼蓼。

     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.

     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.

(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