嘲

嘲	U+5632, 嘲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5632

← 嘱
[U+5631]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘳 →
[U+5633]

Translingual

Han character

嘲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口十十月 (RJJB), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰口朝)

References

KangXi: page 207, character 8

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4254

Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 10

Unihan data for U+5632

Chinese

simp. and trad.		嘲
alternative forms		謿

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朝) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嘲	*ʔr'eːw
廟	*mrews
朝	ʔr'ew, r'ew
潮	*r'ew

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔr'eːw) : semantic 口 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cháo, zhāo (chao², zhao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ, ㄓㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zaau¹
Min Nan (POJ): tiâu / sau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cháo
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cháo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻao²
  - Yale: cháu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chaur
  - Palladius: чао (čao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹
  - Yale: jāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Note: zhāo - literary variant.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zaau¹
  - Yale: jāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiâu
  - Tâi-lô: tiâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tiau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sau
  - Tâi-lô: sau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: saw
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sau⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ʈˠau/

Rime
Character	嘲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	陟交切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨw/
Li Rong	/ȶau/
Wang Li	/ȶau/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zaau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ʔr'eːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘲
Reading #	1/1
No.	1305
Phonetic component	朝
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	嘲
Old Chinese	/*ʔr'eːw/

Definitions

嘲

to ridicule; to deride; to scorn; to jeer at
(literary) to chant; to recite poetry with a cadence

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhāo (zhao¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄓㄠ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhao
  - Wade–Giles: chao¹
  - Yale: jāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jau
  - Palladius: чжао (čžao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘲

(literary) twitter (of birds)

Compounds

嘲哳
嘲啾
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲惹
嘲歌
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
聊以解嘲
自嘲 (zìcháo)
自我解嘲

解嘲 (jiěcháo)
冷嘲熱罵／冷嘲热骂
冷嘲熱諷／冷嘲热讽 (lěngcháorèfěng)
冷譏熱嘲／冷讥热嘲
嘲戲／嘲戏
嘲撥／嘲拨
嘲罵／嘲骂
嘲訕／嘲讪

嘲詼／嘲诙
嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲諷漫罵／嘲讽漫骂
嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
嘲風弄月／嘲风弄月
嘲風詠月／嘲风咏月
弄月嘲風／弄月嘲风
譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)

Japanese

Kanji

嘲

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
Kun: あざける (azakeru, 嘲る, Jōyō)

Compounds

嘲(とう)風(ふう) (Tōfū)
解(かい)嘲(とう) (kaitō)
嘲(あざ)笑(わら)う (azawarau)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘲
ちょう Grade: S
goon

/teu/ → /t͡seu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 嘲 (MC ʈˠau).

Affix

嘲(ちょう) • (chō) ^{←てう (teu)^?}

ridicule, insult, scorn, sneer

Derived terms

嘲(ちょう)す (chōsu)
嘲(ちょう)花(か) (Chōka)
嘲(ちょう)戯(ぎ) (chōgi)
嘲(ちょう)謔(ぎゃく) (chōgyaku)
嘲(ちょう)斎(さい)坊(ぼう) (chōsaibō)
嘲(ちょう)殺(さつ) (chōsatsu)
嘲(ちょう)笑(しょう) (chōshō)
嘲(ちょう)罵(ば) (chōba)
嘲(ちょう)風(ふう) (Chōfū)
嘲(ちょう)弄(ろう) (chōrō)
解(かい)嘲(ちょう) (kaichō)
自(じ)嘲(ちょう) (jichō)
侮(ぶ)嘲(ちょう) (buchō)
冷(れい)嘲(ちょう) (reichō)

Korean

Hanja

嘲 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘲: Hán Nôm readings: trào, chào, ràu, nhào, rầu, thều, trều

Nôm form of chào (“hello”).

Compounds

嘲𣇜𤏬
吀嘲
嘲𣇜𣋁
祝𥄬𤯆
嘲英
嘲姊