# 釣

| 釣 | U+91E3, &#37347; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91E3 |
| ← 釢 [U+91E2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 釤 → [U+91E4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

釣 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI), four-corner 8712$_0$, composition ⿰釒勺)

#### Derived characters

* 瘹 䔙 𠍖 𡠶 𥲟

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1296, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40172
* Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4173, character 2
* Unihan data for U+91E3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 釣 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 豹 | *preːwɢs |
| 趵 | *preːwɢs, *preːwɢ |
| 尥 | *breːw, *b·reːwɢs |
| 箹 | *ʔreːwɢs, *ʔreːwɢ |
| 杓 | *plew, *pʰlew, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 約 | *ʔlewɢs, *ʔlewɢ |
| 扚 | *pleːwʔ, *pleːwɢ |
| 釣 | *pleːwɢs |
| 瘹 | *teːwɢs |
| 芍 | *ɡleːwʔ, *spʰlewɢ, *pl'ewɢ, *bljewɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 酌 | *pljewɢ |
| 灼 | *pljewɢ |
| 勺 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 彴 | *pljewɢ |
| 犳 | *pljewɢ |
| 妁 | *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ |
| 汋 | *bljewɢ, *sbreːwɢ |
| 仢 | *bljewɢ |
| 葯 | *qlewɢ, *qreːwɢ |
| 礿 | *lewɢ |
| 肑 | *preːwɢ, *pleːwɢ |
| 瓝 | *breːwɢ |
| 的 | *pleːwɢ |
| 靮 | *pleːwɢ |
| 馰 | *pleːwɢ |
| 玓 | *pleːwɢ |
| 魡 | *pleːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pleːwɢs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 勺 (OC *pljewɢ, *bljewɢ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): diào (diao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): diāo
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дё (di͡o, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): dieu$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tiau
    (Meixian, Guangdong): diau$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): diau$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): dia̿u
* Eastern Min (BUC): diéu
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiò / tiàu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dion$^3$ / diên$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tiau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): diau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diào
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diào
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^4$
*** Yale: dyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
*** Palladius: дяо (djao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: diao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: diao
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: diāo
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дё (di͡o, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɔː⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: diu$^3$
*** Yale: diu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: diu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: diu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiːu̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: iau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /iau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: dieu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: diau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: diau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /tiau⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: diau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tiau⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dia̿u
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diéu
*** Sinological IPA : /tiɛu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiò / tiàu
*** Tâi-lô: tiò / tiàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dioix, diaux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tio²¹/, /tiau²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tio⁴¹/, /tiau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tio²¹/, /tiau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tio¹¹/, /tiau¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²¹/, /tiau²¹/
* tiò - vernacular;
* tiàu - literary.
* Middle Chinese: tewH
Rime :
| Character | 釣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 蕭 (93) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 多嘯切 |
| Baxter | tewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /teu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /teu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /teu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tɛw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /teu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /tieu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | diu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[t]ˤewk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*pleːwɢs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 釣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | diào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[t]ˁewk-s/ |
| English | to angle |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 釣 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11183 |
| Phonetic component | 勺 |
| Rime group | 豹 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 弔 |
| Old Chinese | /*pleːwɢs/ |

### Definitions

釣
* to fish; to angle
    釣魚／钓鱼 ― diàoyú ― to fish
* (figurative) to go after; to tempt; to lure
* fishhook

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 魚鉤, 釣鉤 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 魚鉤 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 魚鉤兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 魚鉤兒, 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 釣魚鉤兒, 魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 魚鉤 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 魚鉤兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 魚鉤, 魚鉤兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 釣魚鉤子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 釣魚鉤, 魚鉤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 釣魚鉤, 釣鉤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 魚鉤 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 釣魚鉤子, 魚鉤子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 釣魚鉤 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 釣魚鉤 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 魚鉤 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 釣魚鉤, 魚鉤 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 魚鉤 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 魚鉤 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 魚鉤 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 釣鉤仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 魚鉤 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 魚鉤子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 釣魚兒鉤子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 釣魚鉤 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 魚鉤, 釣魚鉤 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 釣仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 釣仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 釣仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 釣鉤 GT |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 釣魚鉤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 釣魚鉤 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 釣魚鉤 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 釣魚鉤 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 釣魚鉤子, 釣魚鉤 |
| Wu | Danyang | 魚鉤 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 釣魚鉤 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 魚鉤, 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 釣魚鉤兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 釣魚鉤子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 釣 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

### Compounds

* 保釣運動／保钓运动 (Bǎodiào yùndòng)
* 垂釣／垂钓 (chuídiào)
* 太公釣魚／太公钓鱼
* 將蝦釣鱉／将虾钓鳖
* 欺世釣譽／欺世钓誉
* 江中釣月／江中钓月
* 沽名釣譽／沽名钓誉 (gūmíngdiàoyù)
* 海釣／海钓 (hǎidiào)
* 煙波釣叟／烟波钓叟
* 煙波釣徒／烟波钓徒
* 磯釣／矶钓
* 羊裘垂釣／羊裘垂钓
* 釣人／钓人
* 釣具／钓具
* 釣友／钓友 (diàoyǒu)
* 釣叟／钓叟
* 釣名／钓名
* 釣名欺世／钓名欺世
* 釣名沽譽／钓名沽誉
* 釣客／钓客
* 釣徒／钓徒
* 釣竿／钓竿 (diàogān)
* 釣篷／钓篷
* 釣絲／钓丝 (diàosī)
* 釣線／钓线 (diàoxiàn)
* 釣船／钓船
* 釣蝦場／钓虾场
* 釣譽沽名／钓誉沽名
* 釣遊舊地／钓游旧地
* 釣金龜／钓金龟
* 釣鉤／钓钩 (diàogōu)
* 釣餌／钓饵 (diào'ěr)
* 釣魚／钓鱼 (diàoyú)
* 釣魚竿／钓鱼竿 (diàoyúgān)
* 釣魚臺／钓鱼台 (Diàoyútái)
* 釣鼇／钓鳌
* 釣鼇客／钓鳌客
* 餌名釣祿／饵名钓禄
* 餌釣／饵钓
* 鮪釣／鲔钓

### References

* “釣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* fishing, angling, catching
* change, small cash

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)
* Kun: つり (tsuri, 釣り)、つり (tsuri, 釣)、つる (tsuru, 釣る, Jōyō)、つるし (tsurushi, 釣るし)、つるし (tsurushi, 釣し)、つるす (tsurusu, 釣るす)、つるす (tsurusu, 釣す)

#### Compounds

* 魚釣(さかなつ)り (sakanatsuri): fishing, angling, catching fish

## Korean
### Hanja

釣 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

釣: Hán Nôm readings: điếu
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.