# 吊

| 吊 | U+540A, &#21514; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A |
| ← 吉 [U+5409] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 吋 → [U+540B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

吊 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 口中月 (RLB), four-corner 6022$_7$, composition ⿱口巾)

#### Derived characters

* 𠲢, 𢬢, 𣑐, 𦛉, 銱 (铞), 𠜏, 𠶇, 𨀽, 常, 𰀌, 屌, 𫟘

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 175, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3291
* Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 579, character 1
* Unihan data for U+540A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

A popular variant of 弔; an intermediate obsolete variant is 𨒝.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): diào (diao$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): diao$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): diu$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): iau$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiau
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiàu / tiò
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diao$^3$ / diou$^3$
* 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/
* 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiau
*** Hakka Romanization System: diau
*** Hagfa Pinyim: diau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ti̯au̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiàu
*** Tâi-lô: tiàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diaux
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /tiau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tiau¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tiau⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiò
*** Tâi-lô: tiò
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dioix
*** IPA (Taipei): /tio¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diao$^3$ / diou$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiàu / tiòu
*** Sinological IPA : /tiau²¹³/, /tiou²¹³/
* diao3 - Shantou;
* diou3 - Chaozhou.
* Middle Chinese: tewH
Rime :
| Character | 吊 |
| 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$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | diào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | diu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤ[e]wk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tiːwɢs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 吊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | diào |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁ[e]wk-s/ |
| English | grieved; condole |
| 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 | 吊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2361 |
| Phonetic component | 弔 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 弔 |
| Old Chinese | /*tiːwɢs/ |

### Definitions

吊
* to condole; to mourn; to pity
* to hang
* to lift up with a rope
* to revoke
* Classifier for strings of 1000 copper coins.
* Alternative form of 屌 (diǎo, “(vulgar) penis”)

### Compounds

* 上吊 (shàngdiào)
* 九吊六的
* 二吊六
* 倒吊 (dàodiào)
* 偷雞吊狗／偷鸡吊狗
* 半吊子 (bàndiàozi)
* 吊伐
* 吊兒郎當／吊儿郎当
* 吊名
* 吊唁 (diàoyàn)
* 吊嗓 (diàosǎng)
* 吊嗓子
* 吊嘴
* 吊場／吊场
* 吊子 (diàozi)
* 吊子曰兒／吊子曰儿
* 吊客眉
* 吊帶／吊带 (diàodài)
* 吊床 (diàochuáng)
* 吊扇 (diàoshàn)
* 吊扣
* 吊拷絣把／吊拷𰬔把
* 吊拷繃扒／吊拷绷扒
* 吊掛／吊挂 (diàoguà)
* 吊放聲納／吊放声纳
* 吊桶 (diàotǒng)
* 吊樓／吊楼
* 吊橋／吊桥 (diàoqiáo)
* 吊死 (diàosǐ)
* 吊死鬼 (diàosǐguǐ)
* 吊毛
* 吊水 (diàoshuǐ)
* 吊燈／吊灯 (diàodēng)
* 吊環／吊环 (diàohuán)
* 吊稍
* 吊窗 (diàochuāng)
* 吊線／吊线 (diàoxiàn)
* 吊胃口 (diào wèikǒu)
* 吊腰
* 吊腳／吊脚
* 吊腳兒／吊脚儿
* 吊衣架
* 吊譽沽名／吊誉沽名
* 吊車／吊车 (diàochē)
* 吊車尾／吊车尾 (diàochēwěi)
* 吊鉤／吊钩
* 吊銷／吊销 (diàoxiāo)
* 吊鋪／吊铺 (diàopù)
* 吊鋼絲／吊钢丝
* 吊飾／吊饰
* 塔吊
* 孤形吊影
* 懸吊／悬吊
* 懸心吊膽／悬心吊胆 (xuánxīndiàodǎn)
* 拖吊
* 拖吊車／拖吊车 (tuōdiàochē)
* 掤扒吊栲
* 提心吊膽／提心吊胆 (tíxīndiàodǎn)
* 攀今吊古
* 沽名吊譽／沽名吊誉
* 浮吊
* 白板單吊／白板单吊
* 盆吊
* 絣扒吊拷／𰬔扒吊拷
* 繃扒吊拷／绷扒吊拷
* 繃爬吊拷／绷爬吊拷
* 翻來吊去／翻来吊去
* 肉吊窗
* 藥吊子／药吊子
* 馬吊／马吊
* 龍門吊／龙门吊 (lóngméndiào)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
* Kun: つるす (tsurusu, 吊す)、つる (tsuru, 吊る)

## Korean
### Hanja

吊 (eum 적 (jeok))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

吊: Hán Nôm readings: điếu
* condole; mourn
* (obsolete) to hang

#### References

* ↑ Bonet (1899).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn et al. (2009).