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釣
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
钓
🇨🇳

angle

HSK 10 N1
Human →Actions
diào
チョウ
つ.る、つ.り、つ.り-
조
A metal 釒 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation
Components
Traditional (釣)
釒 kangxi+ 勺 ladle =
釣 angle
釒 Meaning component
jīn kangxi
metal
勺 Meaning component
sháo ladle
spoon, ladle
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Simplified (钓)
钅 metal 🇨🇳+ 勺 ladle =
钓 fish
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal 🇨🇳
metal
勺 Meaning component
sháo ladle
spoon, ladle
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Notes
Similar Characters
欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)鈴 small bell (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (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)
钓
Regular
Modern
Chinese
钓 / 釣 [diào]
to fish with a hook and bait
Japanese
釣り 、 釣 つり 同音

noun

  1. fishing; angling
  2. usually kanaabbrev. change (for a purchase)
  3. Internet clickbaiting
  4. net-sl trolling; bait; making deliberately inflammatory posts online
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
あなたは釣りに行きたがっている。
You are dying to go fishing.
つりは要らんよ。
Keep the change!
Japanese Names
釣 つり
Tsuri surname
釣 つりさき
Tsurisaki surname
釣 つる
Tsuru surname
釣 ひとし
Hitoshi surnamemale given name
CHINESE WORDS (21)
钓鱼 [diào​yú] #3,788
to fish (with line and hook)
钓鱼岛 [Diào​yú​Dǎo] #22,274
Diaoyu Islands, claimed by China but controlled by Japan as the Senkaku Islands, also called the Pinnacle Islands
钓鱼台 [Diào​yú​tái] #53,964
Diaoyu Islands, located between Taiwan and Okinawa, controlled by Japan – which calls them the Senkaku Islands – but claimed by China as part of its territory
沽名钓誉 [gū​míng​diào​yù] #50,382
to angle for fame (idiom)
钓具 [diào​jù] #38,828
fishing tackle
钓竿 [diào​gān] #34,358
fishing rod
钓钩 [diào​gōu] #49,492
fishhook
垂钓 [chuí​diào] #39,301
angling
放长线钓大鱼 [fàng​cháng​xiàn​diào​dà​yú] #55,283
use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom); a long-term plan for major returns
钓鱼者 [diào​yú​zhě] #58,845
angler
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JAPANESE WORDS (118)
⭐ 釣る [つる] #4,432
to fish
⭐ 釣り [つり] #6,494
fishing
吊り上げる [つりあげる] #9,266
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.)
⭐ 釣り合う [つりあう] #11,507
to balance
⭐ 不釣合い [ふつりあい] #16,499
imbalance
釣り上げる [つりあげる] #17,036
to land (a fish)
⭐ お釣り [おつり] #23,832
change (for a purchase)
吊り下げる [つりさげる] #25,446
to suspend (from)
⭐ 釣り合い [つりあい] #26,569
balance
吊橋 [つりばし] #28,919
suspension bridge
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