Home
Comics
Decks
New
Docs
Pinyin
Hanzis
Sign in
Sign up
弔
吊
弔
diào
=
di
+
ao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
弔 character breakdown
弔
丨
弓
丨
gǔn
=
gu
+
(e)n3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).
丨
shù
=
shu
+
Ø4
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.
弓
go̅ng
=
gu
+
(e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
Mnemonic symbol: this character just looks like a composite bow.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is shooting arrows with a composite bow (弓) in front of the engine ((e)ng1).
Characters with 弔 as component
伄
diào
=
di
+
ao4
used in 伄儅[diao4 dang1]
Words with 弔
吊
弔
diào
唁
唁
yàn
variant of 吊唁[diao4 yan4]
凭
憑
píng
吊
弔
diào
to visit a place for the memories / to pay homage to (the deceased)
吊
弔
diào
丧
喪
sa̅ng
to visit the bereaved to offer one's condolences
吊
弔
diào
孝
孝
xiào
a condolence visit
吊
弔
diào
客
客
kè
a visitor offering condolences
吊
弔
diào
慰
慰
wèi
to offer condolences / to console the bereaved
吊
弔
diào
文
文
wén
paper prayers for the dead burnt at funerals
吊
弔
diào
死
死
sǐ
问
問
wèn
疾
疾
jí
to grieve for the sick and the dying / to show great concern for people's suffering
吊
弔
diào
民
民
mín
伐
伐
fá
罪
罪
zuì
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
吊
弔
diào
祭
祭
jì
a worship ceremony for the dead / to offer sacrifice (to ancestors) / a libation
吊
弔
diào
诡
詭
guǐ
bizarre / paradoxical / a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])
吊
弔
diào
诡
詭
guǐ
矜
矜
ji̅n
奇
奇
qí
strange and paradoxical
形
形
xíng
影
影
yǐng
相
相
xia̅ng
吊
弔
diào
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
祭
祭
jì
吊
弔
diào
to mourn and offer prayers
开
開
ka̅i
吊
弔
diào
to hold memorial service / to hold a funeral
吊
弔
diào
伐
伐
fá
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4])
吊
弔
diào
古
古
gǔ
to revisit the past / to commemorate
Sentences with 弔
弔 currently does not appear in any sentence.