cháozhāo

ridicule

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

朝 sound component

  Sound component

cháozhāo

  

dynasty

Evolution

嘲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嘲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

cháo

ridicule, deride, scorn, jeer at; to ridicule; to mock

 

zhāo

see 嘲哳, (onom.) twitter; twittering sound

Most common words with 嘲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嘲笑

to jeer at

to mock

嘲讽

to sneer at

嘲弄

to tease

自嘲

to mock oneself