嘲
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to ridicule; to mock
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,050 U+5632
How 嘲 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 朝 (phonetic, cháo)
How to remember it
ridicule · Heisig RSH #50
口 mouth + 朝 dynasty
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朝
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朝 (cháo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朝 sound component | cháo | to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning |
| 潮 | cháo | tide, current; damp, moist, wet |
Words containing 嘲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自我解嘲 | zì wǒ jiě cháo | to refer to one's foibles or failings with self-deprecating humor |
| 自嘲 | zì cháo | to mock oneself; to laugh at oneself |
| 解嘲 | jiě cháo | to try to cover up in an embarrassing situation; to justify oneself; to find excuses |
| 冷嘲热讽 | lěng cháo rè fěng | frigid irony and scorching satire (idiom); to mock and ridicule |
| 群嘲 | qún cháo | (neologism, attested by 2011) to deride a group of people; (of a group of people) to derid… |
| 嘲笑 | cháo xiào | to jeer at; to deride; to ridicule; mockery; derision |
| 嘲弄 | cháo nòng | to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of |
| 嘲讽 | cháo fěng | to sneer at; to ridicule; to taunt |
| 嘲谑 | cháo xuè | to mock and ridicule |
| 嘲哳 | zhāo zhā | (onom.) clamorous noise made by numerous people talking or singing, or by musical instrume… |