弔 Stroke Order

弔 diào 1. 祭奠死者或對遭到喪事的人家、團體給予慰問。 (To mourn the deceased or to give condolences to families or groups in mourning.) 2. 慰問遭遇不幸的人。 (To express condolences to people who have encountered misfortunes.) 3. 懸掛。 (To hang.) 4. 把毛皮綴在衣面上。 (To attach fur to the surface of clothing.) 5. 提取，收回。 (To extract or retrieve.) 6. 中國舊時錢幣單位，一吊爲一千個制錢或值一千個制錢的銅幣數量。 (An ancient Chinese currency unit, where one "吊" is equal to one thousand "制錢" or a quantity of copper coins worth one thousand "制錢".) 弔 diào (動) * 【本义】: 悼念死者 (Primary meaning: to mourn the deceased.) * 【造字法】: 會意。甲骨文字形，象人持弋射矰( zēng)繳之形。古人死而不葬，只是放在荒野裏用柴薪蓋着，但怕禽獸要來吃，連送喪的親友都帶着弓箭前來幫助驅除。 (The character is a pictographic representation. It shows a person holding a bow used to drive away beasts approaching the dead bodies left in the wilderness covered only with firewood.) * 意義摘要: 1. 同本義 (To mourn) 2. 引申爲慰問 (To condole) 3. 憑弔;傷懷往事 (To visit and ponder) 4. 懸掛 (To hang) 5. 在牌戲中迫使對手方出牌 (To draw in card games) 6. 求取 (To seek for) 7. 提取 (To draw out) 8. 通“掉”。落下 (To fall) (形) 1. 哀傷，悲憫 (Sad) 2. 善;良好 (Good) (量) 中國過去的小銅錢單位，中間有一方孔，正常地可由中央或各省政府發行。 (An ancient Chinese small copper coin unit, with a square hole in the middle, usually issued by the central or provincial governments.) 例: 一千文爲一弔 (For example: One thousand "文" is equal to one "弔".)