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Kanji Detail for 泣 - "to cry, to weep, tears"

泣

  • Meaning

    泣 means "to cry, to weep, tears."

    1. Cry - To weep; to shed tears.

    2. Weep - To cry silently.

    3. Tears - Drops from eyes when crying.

  • Words using 泣

    • 悔し泣き くやしなき Listen crying from vexation; tears of regret
    • 泣き なき Listen weeping; lamenting
    • 泣き声 なきごえ Listen cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine
    • 泣く なく Listen to cry; to shed tears; to weep
    • 泣き顔 なきがお Listen crying face; face of a person who is crying

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    • Verified meaning: to cry, to weep, tears
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cry; weep; moan

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cry, sob, weep

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to sob

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to cry, to sob, to weep

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Crying without sound but with tears is called 泣 (weeping).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kyuu(キュウ) キュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    na.ku(な-く) な-く

  • Strokes

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    8 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    cry weep tears sob wail grieve lament mourn whimper bawl snivel

Sentences including 泣

  • For what reason did you cry?

  • I was bothered by the baby's crying.

  • She broke into tears at the news.

  • The little girl just kept crying.

  • The baby has been crying for almost ten minutes.

  • He burst into tears.

  • You'll be crying before long.

  • She burst into tears at the news.

  • She wept reading the letter.

  • I wept in spite of myself.

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