漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
泣: cry, weep
Also: moan
JLPT N18 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 立 is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 号泣するごうきゅうするwail
なくnaku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 泣くなくcry
- 泣き声なきごえcrying voice
- 泣き顔なきがおtear-stained face
- 泣き叫ぶなきさけぶcry and shout
- 泣きなきweeping; lamenting
- 悔し泣きくやしなきcrying from vexation; tears of regret
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side泣 cry · 氵
vs拉 Latin · 扌In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · qì
Same form: 泣 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 泣 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 泣 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin qì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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