音読み: チョウ
訓読み: きざす・きざし
画数: 6
部首: 儿（ひとあし）
Meaning
Sign / Omen / Trillion
- Basic forms
- 兆す — to show signs of; to begin to appear / base form
- 兆します — shows signs of / masu form
- 兆した — showed signs of / ta-form
- 兆して — showing signs and … / te-form
- 兆さない — does not show signs of / negative
- 兆せば — if it shows signs of / conditional
- Common expressions
- 回復を兆す — show signs of recovery
- 春の兆しを兆す — show signs of spring
- 危険を兆す動き — movements that hint at danger
- More
- 兆し始める — begin to show signs of
- 兆さなかった — did not show signs of
- 兆している — is showing signs of / progressive
兆す（きざす） is a godan verb ending in す. It is used mainly in formal or descriptive contexts to indicate that something is **about to happen**, such as recovery, danger, change, or a new phase beginning.
- 前兆 — omen / sign
- 兆候 — symptom / indication
- 吉兆 — lucky omen
- 兆し — sign / indication
- 一兆円 — one trillion yen
- 予兆 — premonition / omen
兆 originally showed cracks in turtle shells used for divination, meaning “sign” or “omen.” In modern Japanese, it also denotes the number trillion (1012).
空に 虹が 出たのは 良い 兆しです。
A rainbow in the sky is a good sign.
景気の 回復の 兆候が 見えてきました。
We are starting to see signs of economic recovery.
兆候 — symptom / indication