弔

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See also: 弓, 弖, and 吊
弔 U+5F14, 弔
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F14
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Translingual

Han character

弔 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓中 (NL) or 難弓中 (XNL), four-corner 17527, composition ⿻弓丨)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 7
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9698
  • Dae Jaweon: page 671, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 989, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5F14

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 弔
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (弔) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
盄 *tjiw
弔 *tiːwɢ
伄 *tiːwɢs

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 弔 – see 吊 (“to condole; to mourn; to pity; to hang; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 吊).

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 弔

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 弔
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 都歷切
Baxter tek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tek̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tek̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/tɛjk̚/
Li
Rong 		/tek̚/
Wang
Li 		/tiek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tiek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		di
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dik1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 弔
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		diào
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tek ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tˁwk/
English arrive

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 弔
Reading # 1/1
No. 2363
Phonetic
component 		弔
Rime
group 		覺
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		的
Old
Chinese 		/*tiːwɢ/

Definitions

弔

  1. † to reach; to arrive
  2. † good

Japanese

Kanji

弔

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. condolences

Readings

Korean

Hanja

弔 • (jo, jeok) (hangeul 조, 적, revised jo, jeok, McCune–Reischauer cho, chŏk, Yale co, cek)

  1. to condole, to mourn, to pity
  2. to hang

Vietnamese

Han character

弔: Hán Nôm readings: điếu

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

References

  1. ^ Génibrel (1898).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ^ Thiều Chửu (1942).
  4. ^ Nguyễn (1974).
  5. ^ Trần (1999).
  6. ^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
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