瑞兆

Chinese

		lucky; auspicious; propitious lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)	omen; million; million million, trillion
simp. and trad. (瑞兆)		瑞	兆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ruìzhào

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ruìzhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ruèijhào
  - Wade–Giles: jui⁴-chao⁴
  - Yale: rwèi-jàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rueyjaw
  - Palladius: жуйчжао (žujčžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyweH drjewX

Rime
Character	瑞	兆
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	是僞切	治小切
Baxter	dzyweH	drjewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuᴇ^H/	/ɖˠiᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷiɛ^H/	/ɖᵚiɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuɛ^H/	/ȡiæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwiə̆^H/	/ɖiaw^X/
Li Rong	/ʑiue^H/	/ȡjɛu^X/
Wang Li	/ʑǐwe^H/	/ȡĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑwie̯^H/	/ȡʱi̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuì	zhào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi⁶	ziu⁶

Noun

瑞兆

(literary) auspicious omen
- 母以兒生瑞兆，因為靈育。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
  母以儿生瑞兆，因为灵育。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
  From: Shi Huijiao, Memoirs of Eminent Monks, circa 530 CE
  Mǔ yǐ ér shēng ruìzhào, yīn wèi língyù. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
瑞	兆
ずい Jinmeiyō	ちょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ずいちょー [zùíchóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zɨit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

瑞(ずい)兆(ちょう) • (zuichō) ^{←ずいてう (zuiteu)^?}

auspicious omen

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN