兆 zhào
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 儿 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
兆头
zhàotou
omen; sign; indication
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 连续几个月订单下滑，已经不是偶然波动，而是危险的兆头。 Liánxù jǐ ge yuè dìngdān xiàhuá, yǐjīng bú shì ǒurán bōdòng, ér shì wēixiǎn de zhàotou. A decline in orders for several consecutive months is no longer a random fluctuation, but a dangerous sign.
- 燕子低飞，恐怕是要下雨的兆头。 Yànzi dī fēi, kǒngpà shì yào xiàyǔ de zhàotou. Swallows flying low are probably a sign that it is going to rain.
- 他这几天精神很好，是个好兆头。 Tā zhè jǐ tiān jīngshén hěn hǎo, shì ge hǎo zhàotou. He has been in very good spirits these past few days — that is a good sign.