肇
zhào HSK7

begin

肇 zhào frequency
initiate verb
to devise, cause, or bring about an event, especially an accident or trouble

警方正在全力追捕交通肇事逃逸者。

jǐng​fāng zhèng​zài quán​lì zhuī​bǔ jiāo​tōng zhào shì táo​yì zhě.

The police are making every effort to track down the hit-and-run driver.

originate verb
to start, commence, or be at the beginning of something

这种习俗肇始于清朝初期。

zhè zhǒng xí​sú zhào shǐ yú Qīng​cháo chū​qī.

This custom originated in the early Qing Dynasty.

肇 (肈) zhào
origin noun
the initial source, beginning point, or genesis of something

专家正在努力寻找文明的肇端。

zhuān​jiā zhèng​zài nǔ​lì xún​zhǎo wén​míng de zhào duān.

Experts are working hard to find the origins of civilization.

start verb
to initiate, begin, or commence a process or event

他在艰难的条件下，凭一己之力肇造了这一番伟业。

tā zài jiān​nán de tiáo​jiàn xià, píng yī​jǐ zhī lì zhào​zào le zhè yī fān wěi​yè.

Under difficult conditions, he built this great enterprise single-handedly.

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,206th most common 7.64 per million
Movie subtitles
3,080th most common 3.05 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Written text
3.46 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+8087

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)