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鳴 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「鳥」
On
メイめい · mei
Kun
な(く)na(ku)
Meaning
to cry, chirp

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

口 (mouth) + 鳥 (bird) → a bird crying out.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onメイめいmei鳴動めいどう悲鳴ひめい雷鳴らいめい
Kunなくnaku鳴くなく鳴き声なきごえ
Kunなるnaru鳴るなる耳鳴りみみなり
Kunならすnarasu鳴らすならす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 鳴き声なきごえ

    cry, call

  • 虫の音むしのね

    insect chirping

More words with this kanji

  • 悲鳴ひめい
  • 嚶鳴おうめい
  • 銅鑼を鳴らすどらをならす
  • 雉も鳴かずばきじもなかずば
  • 雷鳴らいめい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

小鳥(ことり)が 鳴(な)いて います。

A small bird is chirping.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

鳴き声虫の音虫の音鳴声voice虫insect音sound鳥bird鳰a greb…鳧a wild…鳩pigeon鳶black…明bright名name命life迷to los…茗tea
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 鳥Map of reading メイAll maps

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

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