釣

EtymologyEdit

金 (metal) + 勺 (phonetic)

Han characterEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

• 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

HanziEdit

釣 (simplified 钓, Yale diu3)

KanjiEdit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

ReadingsEdit

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

CompoundsEdit

• 魚釣り (さかなつり, sakanatsuri, “fishing”)

HanjaEdit

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

HanziEdit

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

Han characterEdit

釣 (điếu)