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嘲

嘲: mock

mock; ridicule
15 strokesSecondary · Stage 4 (about 2級)in 4 words here

Readings

On
チョウ・トウ
Kun
あざける

Kun 嘲る (あざける) means mock; on-yomi チョウ is in 嘲笑 (ちょうしょう, derision) and 自嘲 (self-mockery).

Key words

嘲るあざけるto mock; to scorn
嘲笑うあざわらうto laugh at; to sneer
嘲笑ちょうしょうridicule; derision
自嘲じちょうself-mockery

Example sentences

They laughed at me mockingly after I failed.

"It's no use for someone like me anyway," he said with a note of self-mockery.

Not yielding to the audience's derision, he kept singing to the end.

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