啼 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「口」
- On
- テイ
- Kun
- な.く
- Meaning
- to cry (of birds)
Origin
Mouth 口 with 帝 as phonetic: birds and beasts crying out.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 啼泣ていきゅう
crying; weeping
- 啼くなく
to cry; to sing (of birds)
Example
夜通し鳥が啼いていた。
Birds cried all through the night.
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