| 逗 | dòu gén | funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 对口相声) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter | 
| 逗 | dòu | to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) | 
| 哏 | gén | funny / amusing / sth comical | 
| 哏 | hěn | old variant of 狠 / old variant of 很 / also used as an exclamation of anger |