吊
diào HSK6

to hang

吊 diào frequency
hang person verb
to execute someone or commit suicide by hanging with a rope

古代刑场上，死刑犯有时会被吊在绞架上处死。

gǔ​dài xíng​chǎng shàng, sǐ​xíng​fàn yǒu​shí huì bèi diào zài jiǎo​jià shàng chǔ​sǐ.

On ancient execution grounds, condemned prisoners were sometimes hanged from gallows.

suspend verb
to hang up or let an object dangle from a higher point

他把水桶吊到了井里。

tā bǎ shuǐ​tǒng diào dào le jǐng lǐ.

He lowered the bucket into the well.

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
Character
Written text
2,050th most common 34.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,804th most common 27.2 per million appears in 13% of films
Word
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
6
Unicode
U+540A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)