漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
釣: angling, fish
Also: catch, allure, ensnare
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 勺 gives the sound
11 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
つるtsuru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 釣るつるto fish; to angle; to catch
- 釣合つりあいbalance; equilibrium
- 不釣合いふつりあいimbalance; disproportion; disparity
つりtsuri · kun'yomi
- 釣りつりfishing; angling
- お釣りおつりchange (for a purchase)
- 釣り合うつりあうto balance; to be in harmony
Also read チョウ, つり-, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
勺
Also built on ladle (勺)
The 勺 family reads シャク (shaku); 釣 is read チョウ.
In ChineseSimplified 钓 · traditional, as in Japanese · diào
Japan keeps the traditional form 釣; mainland China simplifies it to 钓.
- Simplified
- 钓 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 釣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin diào 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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