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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

Stroke order of 泣, 8 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

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

な(く) naku · kun reading

Practise writing 泣 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 泣 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 4 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.