嘲

嘲	U+5632, 嘲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5632

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

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
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
  - Tâi-lô: sau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau
  - MiniDict: zau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

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

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

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāo (zhao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ

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

(literary) twitter (of birds)

Compounds

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

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)^?}

ridicule, insult, scorn, sneer

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

嘲 (eumhun 비웃을 조 (biuseul jo))

to sneer at

Vietnamese

Han character

嘲: Hán Nôm readings: trào, chào, ràu, nhào, rầu, thều, trều

chữ Nôm form of chào (“hello”)

Compounds