Zhao
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Zhao may refer to:
  • Zhao (surname)
    Zhao (surname)
    Zhao / Chao or Chiu is a common Chinese family name, ranking as the 7th most common surname in Mainland China. Zhao is the first surname in the famous Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the royal surname of the Song Dynasty when the list was...

    , a Chinese surname
  • Zhao (state)
    Zhao (state)
    Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...

    , a historical Chinese state in the Warring States Period
  • Zhao (Five Dynasties)
    Zhao (Five Dynasties)
    Zhao was a state early in the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, located in modern central Hebei. The ancestors of its only prince, Wang Rong, had long, during the Tang Dynasty, governed the region as military governors of Tang's Chengde Circuit , and after Tang's end in 907, the...

    , a historical Chinese state in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
  • Later Zhao
    Later Zhao
    The Later Zhao was a state of the Sixteen Kingdoms during the Jin Dynasty in China. It was founded by the Shi family of the Jie ethnicity...

    , a Chinese state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
  • Zhao County
    Zhao County
    Zhao County , a historic town called Zhaozhou in the past, is located in Hebei 40 km southeast of the provincial capital Shijiazhuang, and 280 km south of Beijing. Its total land area is 675 km² and total population is around 550,000...

    , in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
  • Zhao Mausoleum (Qing Dynasty), mausoleum of the Qing emperor Huang Taji
  • Zhao Mausoleum (Tang Dynasty), mausoleum of Chinese Emperor Taizong of Tang
  • 兆 (zhào), a Chinese numeral
    Chinese numerals
    Chinese numerals are characters for writing numbers in Chinese. Today speakers of Chinese use three numeral systems:the ubiquitous Arabic numerals and two indigenous systems....

     which usually represents 106 or 1012

  • Admiral Zhao is a villain in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender

See also

  • Chao (disambiguation)
  • Zhou Dynasty
    Zhou Dynasty
    The Zhou Dynasty was a Chinese dynasty that followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty. Although the Zhou Dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history, the actual political and military control of China by the Ji family lasted only until 771 BC, a period known as...

     a Chinese Dynasty split into two Eras Western & Eastern Eras(1122 BC - 256 BC)
  • Northern Zhou
    Northern Zhou
    The Northern Zhou Dynasty followed the Western Wei, and ruled northern China from 557 to 581. It was overthrown by the Sui Dynasty.Northern Zhou's basis of power was established by Yuwen Tai, who was paramount general of Western Wei, following the split of Northern Wei into Western Wei and...

    a Chinese Dynasty (557 - 581)
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