弔
diào HSK6

condole

吊 (弔) diào
condole verb
to express sympathy for the deceased or their family; to lament

他特意赶回老家去灵堂吊那位去世的老友。

tā tè​yì gǎn​huí lǎo​jiā qù líng​táng diào nà wèi qù​shì de lǎo​yǒu.

He specially rushed back to his hometown to visit the funeral hall and mourn his late old friend.

string of cash measure word
a traditional unit of currency consisting of a string of copper coins, typically 100 or 1000 cash

他手里提着一吊钱。

tā shǒu lǐ tí zhe yī diào qián.

He was carrying a string of coins in his hand.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
14.3 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
20.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+5F14

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)