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Kanji Detail for 弔 - "to condole, to mourn"

弔

  • Meaning

    弔 means "to condole, to mourn." Also associated with to console.

    1. Condole - To express sympathy for someone's grief.

    2. Mourn - To feel or show sorrow for a death.

    3. Console - To comfort someone in grief.

    4. Hang - To suspend (alternate meaning).

  • Words using 弔

    • 弔問 ちょうもん Listen condolence call; visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
    • 弔辞 ちょうじ Listen memorial address; words of condolence; funeral oration

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    • Verified meaning: to condole, to mourn
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちゃん, ちょう, はり)
    • Also carries these associations: to console

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 弔

    Surnames 弔(ちゃん)Listen 弔(ちょう)Listen 弔(はり)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    choh(チョウ) チョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    toburau(とぶらう) とぶらう

    tomura.u(とむら-う) とむら-う

  • Strokes

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    4 strokes

  • Radical

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    弓 (yumi・yumihen)

  • Related Keywords

    to condole to mourn to console hang bereavement comfort commemoration compassion death empathy eulogy funeral grief lament melancholy memorial obituary remembrance respect solace sorrow support suspend

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