吊

See also: 弔

吊 U+540A, 吊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A ← 吉 [U+5409] CJK Unified Ideographs 吋 → [U+540B]

Translingual

謹 & 吊

Han character

吊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口中月 (RLB), four-corner 6022₇, composition ⿱口巾)

Derived characters

• 𠲢, 𢬢, 𣑐, 𦛉, 銱 (铞), 𠜏, 𠶇, 𨀽, 常, 𰀌, 屌, 𫟘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 175, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3291
• Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 579, character 1
• Unihan data for U+540A

Chinese

trad.		吊/弔*
simp.		吊
吊 — especially ‘to hang’ 弔 — especially ‘to mourn’

Glyph origin

A popular variant of 弔; an intermediate obsolete variant is 𨒝.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiau
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tiàu / tiò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): diao³ / diou³

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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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau
    • Hakka Romanization System: diau
    • Hagfa Pinyim: diau⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu
    • Tâi-lô: tiàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diaux
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiò
    • Tâi-lô: tiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dioix
    • IPA (Taipei): /tio¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diao³ / diou³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiàu / tiòu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau²¹³/, /tiou²¹³/

Note:

• diao3 - Shantou;
• diou3 - Chaozhou.

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• Middle Chinese: tewH

Rime
Character	吊
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	diu3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤ[e]wk-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	吊
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	diào
Middle Chinese	‹ tewH ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁ[e]wk-s/
English	grieved; condole
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	吊
Reading #	1/1
No.	2361
Phonetic component	弔
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	弔
Old Chinese	/*tiːwɢs/

Definitions

吊

1. to condole; to mourn; to pity
2. to hang
3. to lift up with a rope
4. to revoke
5. Classifier for strings of 1000 copper coins.
6. Alternative form of 屌 (diǎo, “(vulgar) penis”)

Compounds

• 上吊 (shàngdiào)
• 九吊六的
• 二吊六
• 倒吊 (dàodiào)
• 偷雞吊狗／偷鸡吊狗
• 半吊子 (bàndiàozi)
• 吊伐
• 吊兒郎當／吊儿郎当
• 吊名
• 吊唁 (diàoyàn)
• 吊嗓 (diàosǎng)
• 吊嗓子
• 吊嘴
• 吊場／吊场
• 吊子 (diàozi)
• 吊子曰兒／吊子曰儿
• 吊客眉
• 吊帶／吊带 (diàodài)
• 吊床 (diàochuáng)
• 吊扇 (diàoshàn)
• 吊扣
• 吊拷絣把／吊拷𰬔把
• 吊拷繃扒／吊拷绷扒
• 吊掛／吊挂 (diàoguà)
• 吊放聲納／吊放声纳
• 吊桶 (diàotǒng)
• 吊樓／吊楼
• 吊橋／吊桥 (diàoqiáo)
• 吊死 (diàosǐ)
• 吊死鬼 (diàosǐguǐ)
• 吊毛
• 吊水 (diàoshuǐ)
• 吊燈／吊灯 (diàodēng)
• 吊環／吊环 (diàohuán)
• 吊稍
• 吊窗 (diàochuāng)
• 吊線／吊线 (diàoxiàn)
• 吊胃口 (diào wèikǒu)
• 吊腰
• 吊腳／吊脚
• 吊腳兒／吊脚儿
• 吊衣架
• 吊譽沽名／吊誉沽名
• 吊車／吊车 (diàochē)
• 吊車尾／吊车尾 (diàochēwěi)
• 吊鉤／吊钩
• 吊銷／吊销 (diàoxiāo)
• 吊鋪／吊铺 (diàopù)
• 吊鋼絲／吊钢丝
• 吊飾／吊饰
• 塔吊
• 孤形吊影
• 懸吊／悬吊
• 懸心吊膽／悬心吊胆 (xuánxīndiàodǎn)
• 拖吊
• 拖吊車／拖吊车 (tuōdiàochē)
• 掤扒吊栲
• 提心吊膽／提心吊胆 (tíxīndiàodǎn)
• 攀今吊古
• 沽名吊譽／沽名吊誉
• 浮吊
• 白板單吊／白板单吊
• 盆吊
• 絣扒吊拷／𰬔扒吊拷
• 繃扒吊拷／绷扒吊拷
• 繃爬吊拷／绷爬吊拷
• 翻來吊去／翻来吊去
• 肉吊窗
• 藥吊子／药吊子
• 馬吊／马吊
• 龍門吊／龙门吊 (lóngméndiào)

 

Japanese

Kanji

吊

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: つるす (tsurusu, 吊す)、つる (tsuru, 吊る)

Korean

Hanja

吊 (eum 적 (jeok))

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Vietnamese

Han character

吊: Hán Nôm readings: điếu

1. condole; mourn
2. (obsolete) to hang