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 Dictionary: 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

Historical forms of the character 嘲
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiâu / sau
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zau

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–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zaau¹
  - Yale: jāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzaau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zau
  - MiniDict: zau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: traew

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
Baxter	traew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈaɨw/
Li Rong	/ȶau/
Wang Li	/ȶau/
Bernhard 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
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

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
嘲哳
嘲啁
嘲啾
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲惹
嘲戲 / 嘲戏
嘲撥 / 嘲拨
嘲歌
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
嘲罵 / 嘲骂
嘲訕 / 嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
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
聊以解嘲
自嘲 (zìcháo)
自我解嘲
解嘲 (jiěcháo)
詼嘲 / 诙嘲
譏嘲 / 讥嘲 (jīcháo)

Japanese

Kanji

嘲

(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

Etymology

Kanji in this term
嘲
ちょう Grade: S
goon

/teu/ → /t͡seu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 嘲 (MC traew).

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 (eumhun 비웃을 조 (biuseul jo))

to sneer at

Vietnamese

Han character

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

chữ Nôm form of chào (“hello”)

Compounds

嘲𣇜𤏬
吀嘲
嘲𣇜𣋁
祝𥄬𤯆
嘲英
嘲姊