釣

See also: 钓

釣 U+91E3, 釣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E3 ← 釢 [U+91E2] CJK Unified Ideographs 釤 → [U+91E4]

Translingual

Han character

釣 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI), four-corner 8712₀, composition ⿰釒勺)

Derived characters

• 瘹 䔙 𠍖 𡠶 𥲟

References

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

Chinese

trad.		釣
simp.		钓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 釣
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (勺) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
豹	*preːwɢs
趵	*preːwɢs, *preːwɢ
尥	*breːw, *b·reːwɢs
箹	*ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ
杓	*plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
約	*ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ
扚	*pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ
釣	*pleːwɢs
瘹	*teːwɢs
芍	*ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ
酌	*pljewɢ
灼	*pljewɢ
勺	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
彴	*pljewɢ
犳	*pljewɢ
妁	*pljewɢ, *bljewɢ
汋	*bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ
仢	*bljewɢ
葯	*qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ
礿	*lewɢ
肑	*preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ
瓝	*breːwɢ
的	*pleːwɢ
靮	*pleːwɢ
馰	*pleːwɢ
玓	*pleːwɢ
魡	*pleːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pleːwɢs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao⁴

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дё (di͡o, III)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): dieu⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tiau

  (Meixian, Guangdong): diau⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): diau³
• Northern Min (KCR): dia̿u
• Eastern Min (BUC): diéu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiò / tiàu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dion³ / diên³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tiau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): diau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: diao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau²¹³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дё (di͡o, III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɔː⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³
    • Yale: diu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: iau¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: dieu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: diau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: diau³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiau⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dia̿u
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diéu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiò / tiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tiò / tiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioix, diaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tio²¹/, /tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹/, /tiau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tio²¹/, /tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tio¹¹/, /tiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²¹/, /tiau²¹/

Note:

• tiò - vernacular;
• tiàu - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: dion³ / diên³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiòⁿ / tièⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩõ²¹³/, /tĩẽ²¹³/

Note:

• dion3 - Shantou;
• diên3 - Chaozhou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tiau
    • MiniDict: tiau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: diau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɒu̯⁴⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tewH

Rime
Character	釣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	多嘯切
Baxter	tewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/teuH/
Pan Wuyun	/teuH/
Shao Rongfen	/teuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛwH/
Li Rong	/teuH/
Wang Li	/tieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/tieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ˤewk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pleːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	釣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	diào
Middle Chinese	‹ tewH ›
Old Chinese	/*[t]ˁewk-s/
English	to angle
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	釣
Reading #	1/1
No.	11183
Phonetic component	勺
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	弔
Old Chinese	/*pleːwɢs/

Definitions

釣

1. to fish; to angle

   釣魚／钓鱼  ―  diàoyú  ―  to fish

2. (figurative) to go after; to tempt; to lure
3. fishhook

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 釣鉤 (“hook for fishing; fishhook”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		魚鉤, 釣鉤
Mandarin	Harbin	魚鉤
	Yantai (Muping)	魚鉤兒, 釣魚鉤兒
	Jinan	魚鉤兒
	Xi'an	釣魚鉤兒
	Yinchuan	魚鉤
	Xining	釣魚鉤兒
	Ürümqi	魚鉤兒
	Wuhan	釣魚鉤子
	Chengdu	魚鉤, 魚鉤兒
	Guiyang	釣魚鉤, 魚鉤
	Liuzhou	釣魚鉤, 釣鉤
	Xuzhou	釣魚鉤兒, 魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤子
	Yangzhou	釣魚鉤子, 魚鉤子
	Nanjing	魚鉤
Cantonese	Guangzhou	釣魚鉤
	Hong Kong	釣魚鉤
	Taishan	魚鉤
	Dongguan	釣魚鉤, 魚鉤
Gan	Nanchang	魚鉤
	Lichuan	魚鉤
	Pingxiang	魚鉤
Hakka	Meixian	釣鉤仔
	Yudu	魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤子
Huizhou	Jixi	魚鉤
Jin	Taiyuan	魚鉤子
	Xinzhou	釣魚兒鉤子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	釣魚鉤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	魚鉤, 釣魚鉤
Southern Min	Xiamen	釣仔
	Quanzhou	釣仔
	Zhangzhou	釣仔
	Tainan	釣鉤 GT
	Shantou	釣魚鉤
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	釣魚鉤
Wu	Shanghai	釣魚鉤
	Shanghai (Chongming)	釣魚鉤
	Suzhou	釣魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤
	Danyang	魚鉤
	Hangzhou	釣魚鉤兒
	Ningbo	釣魚鉤
	Wenzhou	魚鉤, 釣魚鉤兒
	Jinhua	釣魚鉤兒
Xiang	Changsha	釣魚鉤子
	Loudi	釣
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

• 保釣運動／保钓运动 (Bǎodiào yùndòng)
• 垂釣／垂钓 (chuídiào)
• 太公釣魚／太公钓鱼
• 將蝦釣鱉／将虾钓鳖
• 欺世釣譽／欺世钓誉
• 江中釣月／江中钓月
• 沽名釣譽／沽名钓誉 (gūmíngdiàoyù)
• 海釣／海钓
• 煙波釣叟／烟波钓叟
• 煙波釣徒／烟波钓徒
• 磯釣／矶钓
• 羊裘垂釣／羊裘垂钓
• 釣人／钓人
• 釣具／钓具
• 釣友／钓友 (diàoyǒu)
• 釣叟／钓叟
• 釣名／钓名
• 釣名欺世／钓名欺世
• 釣名沽譽／钓名沽誉
• 釣客／钓客
• 釣徒／钓徒
• 釣竿／钓竿 (diàogān)
• 釣篷／钓篷
• 釣絲／钓丝 (diàosī)
• 釣線／钓线 (diàoxiàn)
• 釣船／钓船
• 釣蝦場／钓虾场
• 釣譽沽名／钓誉沽名
• 釣遊舊地／钓游旧地
• 釣金龜／钓金龟
• 釣鉤／钓钩 (diàogōu)
• 釣餌／钓饵 (diào'ěr)
• 釣魚／钓鱼 (diàoyú)
• 釣魚竿／钓鱼竿 (diàoyúgān)
• 釣魚臺／钓鱼台 (Diàoyútái)
• 釣鼇／钓鳌
• 釣鼇客／钓鳌客
• 餌名釣祿／饵名钓禄
• 餌釣／饵钓
• 鮪釣／鲔钓

 

References

• “釣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

釣

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: つり (tsuri, 釣り); つり (tsuri, 釣); つる (tsuru, 釣る, Jōyō); つるし (tsurushi, 釣るし); つるし (tsurushi, 釣し); つるす (tsurusu, 釣るす); つるす (tsurusu, 釣す)

Compounds

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

釣: Hán Nôm readings: điếu

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