diào = di + ao4
a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]
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How to pronounce 弔

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= di initial

Di is for Dorothy Gale.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago
+ ao4 final

In the aorta’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

弔 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
gōng = gu + (e)ng1
a bow (weapon) / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to bend / to arch (one's back etc)
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gǔn = gu + (e)n3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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shù = shu + Ø4
vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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Characters with 弔 as component

diào = di + ao4
used in 伄儅[diao4 dang1]
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Words with 弔

variant of 吊唁[diao4 yan4]
to console the people by punishing the tyrants (abbr. for 弔民伐罪|吊民伐罪[diao4 min2 fa2 zui4])
to revisit the past / to commemorate

Sentences with 弔

弔 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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diào

a string of 100 cash (arch.) / to lament / to condole with / variant of 吊[diao4]

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