嘲

嘲 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口十十月 (RJJB), four-corner 6702₀, composition ⿰口朝)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4254
• Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 681, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5632

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔr'eːw): semantic 口 + phonetic 朝 (OC *ʔr'ew, *r'ew).

嘲

1. to ridicule; to deride; to scorn; to jeer at
2. (literary) to chant; to recite poetry with a cadence

嘲

1. (literary) twitter (of birds)

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: あざける (azakeru, 嘲る, Jōyō)

• 嘲(とう)風(ふう) (Tōfū)
• 解(かい)嘲(とう) (kaitō)
• 嘲(あざ)笑(わら)う (azawarau)

/teu/ → /t͡seu/ → /t͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 嘲 (MC traew).

嘲(ちょう) • (chō) ^{←てう (teu)?}

1. ridicule, insult, scorn, sneer

嘲 (eumhun 비웃을 조 (biuseul jo))

1. to sneer at

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 朝 (triều).

嘲: Hán Việt readings: trào^[1][2][3][4], chào^[5]
嘲: Nôm readings: chào^{[1][2][3][5][6][7][8]}, chèo^[1][5][7], xàu^[5][6][7], chiều^[1][8], trêu^[1][8], nhào^[2], rầu^[2], thều^[2], trều^[2], ràu^[3], dàu^[8], chầu^[8]

1. chữ Nôm form of chào (“to greet, salute, say hello or goodbye to”)
2. chữ Nôm form of chèo
   1. to oar; to paddle
   2. chèo (traditional Vietnamese opera)
   3. used in chèo bẻo (“black drongo”)
3. chữ Nôm form of chiều (“to coddle; to pamper; to spoil”)
4. chữ Nôm form of trêu (“to tease, to poke fun”)

• 吀嘲 (xin chào)