釣

See also: 钓

Translingual

Etymology

金 (metal) + 勺 (phonetic)

Han character

釣 (radical 167 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI), four-corner 8712₀) (right side of character: 勺)

1. fish
2. fishhook
3. tempt, lure

References

• KangXi: page 1296, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40172
• Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4173, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91E3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

釣 (simplified 钓, Yale diu3)

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Japanese

Kanji

釣

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. fishing, angling, catching
2. change, small cash

Readings

• Goon: ちょう (chō), (historical) てう (teu)
• Kan’on: ちょう (chō), (historical) てう (teu)
• Kun: つり (tsuri), つり (釣り, tsuri), つる (釣る, tsuru), つるし (tsurushi), つるし (釣るし / 釣し, tsurushi), つるす (釣るす / 釣す, tsurusu)

Compounds

• 魚釣 (さかなつ)り (sakanatsuri): fishing, angling, catching fish

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Korean

Hanja

釣 (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

釣 (simplified 钓, Pinyin diào (diao4), Wade-Giles tiao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釣 (điếu)

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