嘲
cháo
#2,320 most
frequent character
to ridicule, to mock
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
嘲 cháo has 口 mouth as meaning and 朝 cháo as sound. The mouth part fits its first sense: to ridicule or jeer at someone. That became simply 'to mock.' Read zhāo, it means a twittering sound, a later use.
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