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泣 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
キュウきゅう · kyū
Kun
な(く)na(ku)
Meaning
cry, weep

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A phono-semantic character: 氵 (water) plus 立 as the sound part; means to shed tears, to cry.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキュウきゅうkyū号泣ごうきゅう感泣かんきゅう
Kunなくnaku泣くなく泣き沈むなきしずむ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 泣き虫なきむし

    crybaby

  • 泣き声なきごえ

    crying voice

More words with this kanji

  • 啜り泣きすすりなき
  • 啼泣ていきゅう
  • 噎び泣くむせびなく
  • 歔り泣くすすりなく
  • 涕泣ていきゅう
  • 泣き縋るなきすがる

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

妹(いもうと)は転(ころ)んで大声(おおごえ)で泣(な)いた。

My little sister fell and cried loudly.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

泣き声泣き虫泣声voice虫insect治govern法law浅shallo…浴bathe清pure求to see…給supply九nine及reach弓bow
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading キュウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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