King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

弔 — Chinese character

弔
diào
to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole

Pinyin
diào
Radical
57 ⼸ (Bow)
Strokes
4
Components
弓 丨
Formation
ideographic — A corpse 弓 hanged on a rope 丨
Japanese
弔 as a kanji

弔 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 9

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