漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
嘲: ridicule, insult
N1 (our estimate)15 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 朝 is drawn in
15 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
チョウchou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 自嘲じちょうself-deprecation; self-derision
あざけるazakeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 嘲るあざけるto scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of
- 嘲りあざけりridicule; scorn
Also read トウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
朝
Also built on morning (朝)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side嘲 ridicule · 口
vs潮 tide · 氵In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · cháo
Same form: 嘲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 嘲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 嘲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cháo most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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