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弔

弔 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

condolences, mourning, funeral

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • チョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • とむら(う)JHS
  • とぶら(う)
Other languages
  • 拼音diao4
  • 한글jo
  • 한글jeog
  • Hán-ViệtĐiếu
  • Hán-ViệtĐích

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
彐(けいがしら)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5F14

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻[1:]丨弓

Words using this kanji

  • 弔問ちょうもん（お悔やみ）をために亡くなった人の家をこと。condolence call, visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
  • 弔辞ちょうじ弔いの言葉。死者を悼む言葉。memorial address, words of condolence, funeral oration, eulogy
  • 弔意ちょうい死者（故人）に対し、悼み悲しむ気持ち。condolence, sympathy, mourning
  • 弔うとむらう「とむらう」参照。to mourn for, to grieve for, to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.), to hold a memorial service for
  • 弔電ちょうでん弔辞を記した電報。telegram of condolence
  • 弔い合戦とむらいがっせん死者の仇を討つことでその霊を慰めるための戦い。fighting to avenge someone's death, battle of revenge
  • 弔歌ちょうか死を弔うために詠われた歌。挽歌。elegy, dirge
  • 弔旗ちょうき弔意を表すため半旗などで掲揚する国旗。mourning flag, flag draped in black, flag at half-mast
  • 弔祭ちょうさい死者の霊を弔い、祭ること。また、その儀式。memorial service
  • 弔詞ちょうし弔いの言葉。死者を悼む言葉。memorial address, words of condolence, funeral oration, eulogy
  • 弔銃ちょうじゅう死去した軍人などへの弔意を示すために、一斉に小銃で空砲を放つこと。volley of rifles at a funeral
  • 弔鐘ちょうしょう故人に対し弔意を表すために打ち鳴らす鐘。funeral bell, death knell
  • 弔文ちょうぶん哀悼の意をのべる文章。memorial address, words of condolence, funeral oration, eulogy
  • 弔砲ちょうほう弔意を表すためにうつ空砲。artillery funeral salute
  • 弔いとむらいfuneral, burial, condolence
  • 弔客ちょうかく弔いに訪れる客。people attending a funeral or offering condolences
  • 弔事ちょうじ人の死亡や葬儀などの弔いに関すること。unhappy event (e.g. death), funeral
  • 弔花ちょうか死者を弔うために贈る花や花輪。funeral flowers
  • 弔慰ちょうい死者を弔い遺族を慰めること。condolence, sympathy
  • 弔詩ちょうしelegy

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Lookup codes

SKIP
4-4-1
Four Corner
1752.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a4.41
Heisig
1319
Nelson
80