Zhao may refer to: *

Zhao (surname) Zhao (; ) is a Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname. The name is first in the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the emperor's surname of the Song dynasty (960–1279) when the li ...

(赵), a Chinese surname ** commonly spelled Chao in Taiwan or up until the early 20th century in other regions ** Chiu, from the Cantonese pronunciation ** Cho (Korean surname), represent the

Hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

趙 (Chinese: Zhao) ** Triệu, a Vietnamese surname which is the equivalent of the Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (趙) * Zhao County, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China * Zhao family (disambiguation) ** Zhao family (Internet slang), based on the surname Zhao, an internet term in China which refers to the ruling elite and the rich * 兆 (zhào), a

Chinese numeral Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Today, speakers of Chinese languages use three written numeral systems: the system of Arabic numerals used worldwide, and two indigenous systems. The more famil ...

which usually represents 10⁶ or 10¹² **

Mega- Mega is a metric prefix, unit prefix in metric systems of units denoting a factor of one million (106 or 1000000 (number), ). It has the unit symbol M. It was confirmed for use in the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. ''Mega'' comes fro ...

, corresponding SI prefix in China, equals to 10⁶ ** Tera-, corresponding SI prefix in Taiwan, equals to 10¹² * Admiral Zhao, a character in the animated series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''

Chinese history

* Zhao (state) (403 BC–222 BC), a Warring States period state * Triệu dynasty (204 BC–111 BC), or Zhao dynasty, the ruling house of the Nanyue state * Zhao Kingdom (Han dynasty) (203 BC–213 AD), a kingdom or principality in the Han dynasty * Han-Zhao (304–329), a Sixteen Kingdoms state, known as Zhao (趙) after 319 * Later Zhao (319–351), a Sixteen Kingdoms state * Zhao (Five Dynasties period) (910–921), a Five Dynasties period state *

House of Zhao The House of Zhao () was the imperial clan of the Song dynasty (960–1279) of China. Family history Origin The Zhao family originated from Zhuo Commandery (), located near present-day Zhuozhou, Hebei Province, China, and traced its roots ba ...

(960–1279), the imperial clan of the Song Empire

Chinese history

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