The kanji 泣: meaning, readings and stroke order
泣
- Meaning
- cry
- On reading
- キュウ kyuu
- Kun reading
- な(く) naku
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- khóc (khấp)
- Japanese
- なく。なみだを ながす。
- Korean
- 울다 (읍)
- Chinese
- 哭
Readings, words and example sentences
キュウ kyuu · on reading · less common
号泣
crying loudly, sobbing
悲しい 話に 号泣しました。
I sobbed at the sad story.
な(く) naku · kun reading
泣く
to cry
妹が 大声で 泣きました。
My little sister cried loudly.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.