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Kanji Detail for 弔 - "condole, mourn, comfort"
弔
- Meaning
弔 means "condole, mourn, comfort."
Condole - To express sympathy for someone's grief.
Mourn - To feel or show sorrow for a death.
Console - To comfort someone in grief.
Hang - To suspend (alternate meaning).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
condolences; mourning; funeral
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
condole, mourn, pity; hang
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a string of 100 cash (arch.); to lament; to condole with; variant of 吊[diao4]
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To offer condolences. Ancient ritual: condolences go to those who knew the living, expressing sympathy for misfortune. Now, funeral offerings are called 開弔. | Pity. Such as 昊天不弔, 形影相弔. | Has the meaning of hanging. Such as 弔打, 上弔. Also, 1,000 cash is 一弔, like saying one string. | To retrieve is 弔. Such as 弔案, 弔卷.
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