# 吊 U+540A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A

A Chinese character meaning “condole, mourn, pity; hang”, read diào in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `吊` |
| Codepoint | U+540A |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540A |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `吊` `吊` |
| CSS | `\540A` |
| JavaScript | `\u540A` |
| UTF-8 | E5 90 8A |
| UTF-16 | 540A |
| Definition | condole, mourn, pity; hang |
| Mandarin | diào |
| Cantonese | diu3 |
| Japanese | CHOU TSURUSU TSURU TSURI |
| Korean | CEK |

## Related characters

- 吉 [U+5409 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5409](https://unicodekit.com/char/5409)
- 吋 [U+540B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540B](https://unicodekit.com/char/540B)
- 合 [U+5408 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5408](https://unicodekit.com/char/5408)
- 同 [U+540C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540C](https://unicodekit.com/char/540C)
- 吇 [U+5407 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5407](https://unicodekit.com/char/5407)
- 名 [U+540D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540D](https://unicodekit.com/char/540D)
- 吆 [U+5406 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5406](https://unicodekit.com/char/5406)
- 后 [U+540E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540E](https://unicodekit.com/char/540E)
- 吅 [U+5405 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5405](https://unicodekit.com/char/5405)
- 吏 [U+540F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-540F](https://unicodekit.com/char/540F)
- 各 [U+5404 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5404](https://unicodekit.com/char/5404)
- 吐 [U+5410 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5410](https://unicodekit.com/char/5410)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/540A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/540A