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Kanji Detail for 啼 - "cry, chirp"

  • Meaning

    啼 means "cry, chirp."

    1. Cry - To weep aloud.

    2. Chirp - For birds, beasts, or insects to make sounds.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bark; chirp; cry

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    weep, whimper; howl, twitter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to weep, to whimper; to howl; to crow

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

    To wail. Crying with sound is called 啼. | Bird calls. Such as 鶯啼 (oriole singing), 雞啼 (rooster crowing).
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