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<WL>兆 [zhào] 预兆 omen (吉兆 ‘good omen’, 凶兆 ‘ill omen’); (数词) million (一百万); mega-@@; (HDZ:) 卜兆: 裂纹 (灼龟甲); …
 
<WL>兆 [zhào] 预兆 omen (吉兆 ‘good omen’, 凶兆 ‘ill omen’); (数词) million (一百万); mega-@@; (HDZ:) 卜兆: 裂纹 (灼龟甲); …
 
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Depicts cracks on a tortoise shell, used in ancient times for telling the future. Compare 卜 bǔ, which represents the same thing.
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 兆(􀣬) zhào ‘cracks/omen’ (卜兆) is said to depict the cracks appearing in tortoiseshell pyromancy/divination; the main SW form 𠧞(􀣫) adds 卜(􀣣) bǔ ‘divination’ (semantic determiner), the old form of which 𠁡(􀣤) also seems to be in the middle of 兆(􀣬).
Borrowed as a phonetic loan character for the word zhào ‘million’ (formerly sometimes meant billion, i.e. 10 to the 12th power, but now means million, i.e. 10 to the 6th power).
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Compare: 垗(􂚸) zhào ‘sacred/sacrificial area/altar (bordered by earthen mounds all around); grave/cemetery’.
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Note: SW includes two forms, 兆(􀣬) zhào, and 𠔁(􀋶) bié/zhào (别/兆); the form 𠔁(􀋶) (doubling 八 bā; cf. ⚋/⚏) is the component form (simplification) of 兆(􀣬) usually appearing in Seal forms.
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Compare: 乖(𦭅􀧶) guāi ‘different; clever’ (乖异, 乖巧), 逃(􀓯) táo ‘flee’, 珧(􀃠), 咷(􀍐), 趒(􀑣), …
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Note: In tortoise-shell divination, the patterns in the cracks (interpreted by diviners) were probably the ancestors of the n-grams (易卦象), ⚊⚋⚌⚍⚎⚏….
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Compare: 卦(􀣥) guà ‘n-gram/trigram/hexagram; divine (the future)’ (卜卦, 占卦, 算卦), with 圭(􂚽) guī ‘ceremonial/ritual jade tablet; scale of a sundial’ (phonetic).
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Note: (数词) 兆 zhào ‘million’ = 10⁶ (or formerly sometimes ‘billion’ = 10¹²), is said to be a phonetic borrowing/loan.
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Compare: 㸚(􀣵) lǐ ‘sparse/loose (reed/willow plait/weave)’; 叕(􂤕) zhuó/zhuì ‘stitch together’.
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Compare: 爻(􀣳) yáo ‘(crossing/changing) lines’ (卦爻).
 
HDZ: 兆 : zhào : 卜兆: 裂纹: (古) 灼龟甲, 视其出现的裂纹的形态以占吉凶 (龜之繇文: 繇/籀文: 占卜的文辞); 预兆, 事物发生前的征候或迹象 (吉兆, 不祥之兆); 显现, 预示 (瑞雪兆丰年); 开始, 萌生; 垗 (区域; 坟地); (数词) Ⓐ (古) (下数) 十万为亿, 十亿为兆, Ⓑ (中数) 万万为亿, 万亿为兆, Ⓒ (上数) 亿亿为兆, Ⓓ (今) 一百万为兆, Ⓔ (通常) 极言众多; 逃 (táo): 逃避; 佻 (tiāo): 邪恶; (姓)
 
HDZ: 兆 : zhào : 卜兆: 裂纹: (古) 灼龟甲, 视其出现的裂纹的形态以占吉凶 (龜之繇文: 繇/籀文: 占卜的文辞); 预兆, 事物发生前的征候或迹象 (吉兆, 不祥之兆); 显现, 预示 (瑞雪兆丰年); 开始, 萌生; 垗 (区域; 坟地); (数词) Ⓐ (古) (下数) 十万为亿, 十亿为兆, Ⓑ (中数) 万万为亿, 万亿为兆, Ⓒ (上数) 亿亿为兆, Ⓓ (今) 一百万为兆, Ⓔ (通常) 极言众多; 逃 (táo): 逃避; 佻 (tiāo): 邪恶; (姓)
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HDC: 灼龜 : (古) 用火烧灸龟甲, 视其裂纹以测吉凶 (灸: 烧灼)
 
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