嘲

嘲 U+5632, 嘲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5632 ← 嘱 [U+5631] CJK Unified Ideographs 嘳 → [U+5633]

Translingual

Han character

嘲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 口十十月 (RJJB), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰口朝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4254
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5632

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘲
alternative forms		謿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嘲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	*ʔr'ew, *r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔr'eːw): semantic 口 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháo, zhāo (chao², zhao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ, ㄓㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu / sau
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Note: zhāo - literary variant.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zaau¹
    • Yale: jāau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaau
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
    • Tâi-lô: sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zau
    • MiniDict: zau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: traew

Rime
Character	嘲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟交切
Baxter	traew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨw/
Li Rong	/ȶau/
Wang Li	/ȶau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'eːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘲
Reading #	1/1
No.	1305
Phonetic component	朝
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘲
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'eːw/

Definitions

嘲

1. to ridicule; to deride; to scorn; to jeer at
2. (literary) to chant; to recite poetry with a cadence

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhāo (zhao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
    • Wade–Giles: chao¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
    • Palladius: чжао (čžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘲

1. (literary) twitter (of birds)

Compounds

• 冷嘲熱罵 / 冷嘲热骂
• 冷嘲熱諷 / 冷嘲热讽 (lěngcháorèfěng)
• 冷譏熱嘲 / 冷讥热嘲
• 嘲哳
• 嘲啁
• 嘲啾
• 嘲弄 (cháonòng)
• 嘲惹
• 嘲戲 / 嘲戏
• 嘲撥 / 嘲拨
• 嘲歌
• 嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
• 嘲罵 / 嘲骂
• 嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
• 嘲詼 / 嘲诙
• 嘲諷 / 嘲讽 (cháofěng)
• 嘲諷漫罵 / 嘲讽漫骂
• 嘲謔 / 嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
• 嘲風弄月 / 嘲风弄月
• 嘲風詠月 / 嘲风咏月
• 弄月嘲風 / 弄月嘲风
• 聊以解嘲
• 自嘲 (zìcháo)
• 自我解嘲
• 解嘲 (jiěcháo)
• 詼嘲 / 诙嘲
• 譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)

Japanese

Kanji

嘲

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: あざける (azakeru, 嘲る, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 嘲(とう)風(ふう) (Tōfū)
• 解(かい)嘲(とう) (kaitō)
• 嘲(あざ)笑(わら)う (azawarau)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘲
ちょう Grade: S
goon

/teu/ → /t͡seu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 嘲 (MC traew).

Affix

嘲(ちょう) • (chō) ^{←てう (teu)?}

1. ridicule, insult, scorn, sneer

Derived terms

• 嘲(ちょう)す (chōsu)
• 嘲(ちょう)花(か) (Chōka)
• 嘲(ちょう)戯(ぎ) (chōgi)
• 嘲(ちょう)謔(ぎゃく) (chōgyaku)
• 嘲(ちょう)斎(さい)坊(ぼう) (chōsaibō)
• 嘲(ちょう)殺(さつ) (chōsatsu)
• 嘲(ちょう)笑(しょう) (chōshō)
• 嘲(ちょう)罵(ば) (chōba)
• 嘲(ちょう)風(ふう) (Chōfū)
• 嘲(ちょう)弄(ろう) (chōrō)
• 解(かい)嘲(ちょう) (kaichō)
• 自(じ)嘲(ちょう) (jichō)
• 侮(ぶ)嘲(ちょう) (buchō)
• 冷(れい)嘲(ちょう) (reichō)

Korean

Hanja

嘲 (eumhun 비웃을 조 (biuseul jo))

1. to sneer at

Vietnamese

Nom glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 朝 (triều).

Han character

嘲: Hán Việt readings: trào, chào
嘲: Nôm readings: chào, chèo, xàu, chiều, trêu, nhào, rầu, thều, trều, ràu, dàu, chầu

1. chữ Nôm form of chào (“to greet, salute, say hello or goodbye to”)
2. chữ Nôm form of chèo
   1. to oar; to paddle
   2. chèo (traditional Vietnamese opera)
   3. used in chèo bẻo (“black drongo”)
3. chữ Nôm form of chiều (“to coddle; to pamper; to spoil”)
4. chữ Nôm form of trêu (“to tease, to poke fun”)

Compounds

• 吀嘲 (xin chào)