弔

See also: 弓 and 弖

Translingual

Han character

弔 (radical 57 弓+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓中 (NL), X弓中 (XNL), four-corner 1752₇)

1. condole, mourn, pity
2. hang

References

• KangXi: page 356, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9698
• Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 989, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5F14

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		弔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: tiao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³
    • Yale: diu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³
    • IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (弔, reconstructed)
Character (弔), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 蕭 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 多嘯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/teuH/	/tieuH/	/teuH/	/teuH/	/tɛwH/	/tieuH/	/teuH/
Character (弔), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 端 (5) Final: 錫 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 都歷切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/tek̚/	/tiek̚/	/tek̚/	/tek̚/	/tɛjk̚/	/tiek̚/	/tɛk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (弔, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
弔								diào								‹ tek ›								/*tˤ[i]wk/								arrive
弔								diào								‹ tewH ›								/*tˤ[e]wk-s/								grieved; condole
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
弔					2361					弔					奧					3					弔					/*tiːwɢs/
弔					2363					弔					覺					2					的					/*tiːwɢ/

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Japanese

Kanji

弔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ちょう (chō), てき (teki)
• Kun: とむらう (tomurau), つる (tsuru)

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Korean

Hanja

弔 (jo, jeok) (hangeul 조, 적, revised jo, jeok, McCune-Reischauer cho, chŏk, Yale co, cek)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: điếu

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