The kanji 嘲: meaning, readings and stroke order

嘲

Meaning: mock, sneer
On reading: チョウ chou
Kun reading: あざけ（る） azakeru
Strokes: 15
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chế giễu (trào)
Japanese: あざける。ばかにしてわらう。
Korean: 비웃다, 조롱하다 (조)
Chinese: 嘲笑、讥笑

Readings, words and example sentences

チョウ chou · on reading · less common

自じ嘲ちょう
laughing at oneself
自じ嘲ちょうのわらいをうかべます。
He gives a self-mocking smile.

あざけ（る） azakeru · kun reading · less common

嘲あざける
to mock, to ridicule
失敗を 嘲あざけりません。
I don't mock other people's failures.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.