泣 — cry, weep, moan

なく泣 cry

Grade 4 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 8 strokes

U+6CE3 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1380 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #463 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

cry
weep
moan

word

な na Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

泣(な) く naku to cry 泣(な) ける nakeru to be moved to tears

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

号(ごう) 泣(きゅう) goukyuu wailing

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

たつ立 stand #117

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#85 水 water