| 弔 | |||
| condole, mourn, pity; hang | |||
| Radical | 弓𢎗𢎘 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 1 | Total Strokes | 4 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | diu3 |
| Japanese on reading | chou teki | Japanese kun reading | tomurau tsuru |
| Korean reading | co cek | Vietnamese reading | điếu |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 吊 | ||
| 弔 | [ ] a string of 100 cash (arch.), to lament, to condole with, variant of 吊[diao4] |
| 弔伐 | [ fá ] to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4]) |
| 弔古 | [ gǔ ] to revisit the past, to commemorate |
| 弔唁 | [ yàn ] variant of 吊唁[diao4 yan4] |
| 弔喪 | [ sāng ] to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences |
| 弔孝 | [ ] a condolence visit |
| 弔客 | [ kè ] a visitor offering condolences |
| 弔慰 | [ weì ] to offer condolences, to console the bereaved |
| 弔文 | [ wén ] paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals |
| 弔死問疾 | [ sǐ wèn jí ] to grieve for the sick and the dying, to show great concern for people's suffering |
| 弔民伐罪 | [ mín fá zuì ] to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom) |
| 弔祭 | [ jì ] a worship ceremony for the dead, to offer sacrifice (to ancestors), a libation |
| 弔詭 | [ guǐ ] bizarre, paradoxical, a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| 弔詭矜奇 | [ guǐ jīn qí ] strange and paradoxical |
| ⇒ 形影相弔 | [ xíng yǐng xiāng ] with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom), extremely sad and lonely |
| ⇒ 憑弔 | [ píng ] to visit a place for the memories, to pay homage to (the deceased) |
| ⇒ 祭弔 | [ jì ] to mourn and offer prayers |
| ⇒ 開弔 | [ kaī ] to hold memorial service, to hold a funeral |