釣

See also 钓

Translingual

Etymology

金 (metal) + 勺 (phonetic)

Han character

釣 (radical 167 金+3, 11 strokes, cangjie input 金心戈 (CPI), four-corner 8712₀) (right side of character: 勺)

1. fish
2. fishhook
3. tempt, lure

References

• KangXi: page 1296, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40172
• Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4173, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91E3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

釣 (simplified 钓, Yale diu3)

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Japanese

Kanji

釣 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: つり (tsuri), つる (tsuru)

Compounds

• 魚釣り (さかなつり, sakanatsuri, “fishing”)

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Korean

Hanja

釣 (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune-Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

釣 (simplified 钓, pinyin diào (diao4), Wade-Giles tiao⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

釣 (điếu)