Radical:

meaning for zhào:

  • - to surpass (old)
  • - surname Zhao
  • - one of the seven states during the Warring States Period (476-220 BC)
  • - the Former Zhao 前趙 (304-329) and Later Zhao 後趙 (319-350), states of the Sixteen Kingdomslit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom)
  • - fig. to return something intact to its rightful ownerLater Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-329)lit. to besiege 魏 (idiom)
  • - fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegersanyone
  • - Mr Average
  • - any Tom, Dick or Harry