吊

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See also: 弔
吊 U+540A, 吊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A
← 吉
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 吋 →

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

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

Note:
  • diao3 - Shantou;
  • diou3 - Chaozhou.
    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
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 吊
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		diào
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ tewH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*tˁwk-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. * 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

    Japanese

    Kanji

    吊

    (Hyōgai kanji)

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    Readings

    Korean

    Hanja

    吊 (eum 적 (jeok))

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    Vietnamese

    Han character

    吊: Hán Nôm readings: điếu[1][2][3][4][5]

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

    References

    1. ^ Bonet (1899).
    2. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
    3. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
    4. ^ Trần (1999).
    5. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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