Zhao may refer to:
- Zhao (surname), a Chinese surname
- Zhao (state), a historical Chinese state in the Warring States Period
- Zhao (Five Dynasties), a historical Chinese state in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
- Later Zhao, a Chinese state in the Sixteen Kingdoms period
- Zhao County, 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 which usually represents 106 or 1012
- Zhao(趙), common of Chao, Cho, Jo, Jiu, Tiao, Diao
- Admiral Zhao is a villain in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender