嘲

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘲
alternative forms		謿

Glyph origin

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

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

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cháo, zhāo (chao², zhao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ, ㄓㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu / sau

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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
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
    • Tâi-lô: sau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/

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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/
Bernard 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

(deprecated template usage) 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

(deprecated template usage) 嘲

1. (literary) twitter (of birds)

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Japanese

Kanji

嘲

(Jōyō kanji)

1. ridicule, insult

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)、あざけり (azakeri, 嘲り)

Compounds

Compounds

• 嘲花(ちょうか) (Chōka)
• 嘲戯(ちょうぎ) (chōgi)
• 嘲謔(ちょうぎゃく) (chōgyaku)
• 嘲(ちょう)斎坊(さいぼう) (chōsaibō)
• 嘲殺(ちょうさつ) (chōsatsu)
• 嘲笑(ちょうしょう) (chōshō)
• 嘲罵(ちょうば) (chōba)
• 嘲風(ちょうふう) (Chōfū)
• 嘲弄(ちょうろう) (chōrō)
• 嘲風(とうふう) (Tōfū)
• 解嘲(かいとう) (kaitō), 解嘲(かいちょう) (kaichō)
• 自(じ)嘲(ちょう) (jichō)
• 侮(ぶ)嘲(ちょう) (buchō)
• 冷嘲(れいちょう) (reichō)
• 嘲(あざ)笑(わら)う (azawarau)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘲
ちょう Grade: S
goon

*/teu/ → /t͡səu/ → /t͡ɕɔː/ → /t͡ɕoː/

Appears in 洒落本 (sharebon) texts in the mid-late Edo period.

From Middle Chinese 嘲 (MC traew).

Verb

嘲(ちょう)す • (chōsu) ^{←てうす (teusu)?}

1. (archaic, obsolete) to ridicule, scorn

   Synonyms: 嘲る (azakeru), 嘲弄する (chōrō suru), 馬鹿にする (baka ni suru)

嘲(ちょう)す • (chōsu) ^{←てうす (teusu)?†}yodan

1. (archaic, obsolete) Same as above

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Korean

Hanja

嘲 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 嘲 (trào, chào, ràu, nhào, rầu, thều, trều)

1. Chữ Nôm writing system character for chào which means hello.

Compounds

• 嘲𣇜𤏬
• 吀嘲
• 嘲𣇜𣋁
• 祝𥄬𤯆
• 嘲英
• 嘲姊