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Globally, 赵 (Chao , Zhao , 赵 ) is a common unisex first name. The given name 赵 is habitual in Macao, where it is a common gender-neutral name, Singapore, where it is quite a rare unisex name, and Hong Kong. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in China, Indonesia, and the United States. Much more prevalently, 赵 is the last name as well as the forename.
赵 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Zhao , the character in Avatar: The Last Airbender; Zhao Momo , the Dream of the Red Chamber character; Zhao Min , the The female lead character in the wuxia novel The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber by Jin Yong (Louis Cha); Zhao Ling-Er , the video game character, Chinese Paladin and Zhao Qi , the Investiture of the Gods character, among other works.