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弔
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

condole

HSK 10 N1
Human →Actions
diào
チョウ
とむら.う、とぶら.う
조, 적
Depicts a person carrying silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with. Based on the original meaning "silk streamers used for arrows", now written as 繳. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
◎ characterless component+ 人 person =
弔 condole
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts silk streamers used for wrapping around arrows with.
人 Iconic component
rén person
man
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
弔
Regular
Modern
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
弔 ちゃん
Chan unclassified name
弔 ちょう
Chō unclassified name
弔 はり
Hari unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (17)
凭吊 [píng​diào] #45,845
to visit a place for the memories
吊伐 [diào​fá]
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diào​mín​fá​zuì])
吊古 [diào​gǔ]
to revisit the past
吊唁 [diào​yàn] #21,022
variant of 吊唁[diào​yàn]
吊丧 [diào​sāng] #56,332
to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
吊孝 [diào​xiào] #64,551
a condolence visit
吊客 [diào​kè] #59,905
a visitor offering condolences
吊慰 [diào​wèi] #70,796
to offer condolences
吊文 [diào​wén] #72,424
paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
吊死问疾 [diào​sǐ​wèn​jí] #74,218
to grieve for the sick and the dying
7 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (31)
⭐ 弔う [とむらう] #22,920
to mourn for
弔い [とむらい] #29,984
funeral
弔い合戦 [とむらいがっせん] #51,661
fighting to avenge someone's death
⭐ 弔問 [ちょうもん] #56,769
condolence call
弔問客 [ちょうもんきゃく] #73,626
person who has come to offer condolences
⭐ 弔辞 [ちょうじ] #77,115
message of condolence
⭐ 弔意 [ちょうい] #88,781
condolence
弔詞 [ちょうし] #88,868
message of condolence
菩提を弔う [ぼだいをとむらう] #101,474
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
弔鐘 [ちょうしょう] #103,808
funeral bell
21 more items
KOREAN WORDS (7)
조의 #8,974
condolences
조가 #15,673
dirge; funeral hymn
조객
funeral guest
조문
eulogy
조문객
funeral guest
조위금
condolence money
조화
mourning flower