Chinese Word: 肇 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

肇 (Trad.: 肈)

Pinyin: zhào

English Definition: the start; the origin; at first; devise; originate

Chinese Definition:
①开始，初始：肇始。肇生。肇端。肇基(开始建立基础，打基础)。肇造(开始建立)。
②引发：肇事(a。引起事故；b。闲事)。肇祸。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 聿

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- ⿰ Left to right
  - 户 [ hù ] door; family
  - 攵 [ pū ] to rap, to tap; script; to let go
- 聿 [ yù ] writing brush, pencil; thereupon

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肇事	zhào shì	to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a disturbance
肇始	zhào shǐ	to initiate; to start; the start
肇祸	zhào huò	to cause an accident
交通肇事罪	jiāo tōng zhào shì zuì	culpable driving causing serious damage or injury
李肇星	lǐ zhào xīng	Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister

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