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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
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Old Chinese
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| 盄
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*tjiw
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| 弔
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*tiːwɢ
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| 伄
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*tiːwɢs
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A man over an arrow tied to a silk thread; the original meaning was "shooting arrows to birds and wild beasts". In the modern version, the man on top has disappeared. A conservative variant is 𢎣.
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
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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弔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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diào
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ tek ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*tˁwk/
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| English
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arrive
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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弔
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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2363
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Phonetic
component
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弔
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Rime
group
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覺
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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的
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Old
Chinese
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/*tiːwɢ/
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Definitions
弔
- † to reach; to arrive
- † good
Japanese
Kanji
弔
(Jōyō kanji)
- condolences
Readings
Korean
Hanja
弔 • (jo, jeok) (hangeul 조, 적, revised jo, jeok, McCune–Reischauer cho, chŏk, Yale co, cek)
- to condole, to mourn, to pity
- to hang
Vietnamese
Han character
弔: Hán Nôm readings: điếu[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- to condole; to mourn
- (obsolete) to hang
References
