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哭 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「口」
On
コクこく · koku
Kun
なげ.く・な.くnage.ku · na.ku
Meaning
to wail

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Two mouths 口 with a dog 犬: to cry out and weep aloud.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 慟哭どうこく

    wailing; lamentation

  • 哭するこくする

    to wail

More words with this kanji

  • 鬼哭啾啾きこくしゅうしゅう
  • 哀哭あいこく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

訃報(ふほう)に接(せっ)して慟哭(どうこく)した。

On hearing of the death they wailed aloud.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

慟哭哭慟to wai…叨reckle…叭trump…叮courte…叺straw…吁ah!剋to ove…勖to enc…斛koku梏manacl…槲the da…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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