Kanji

呻

moan, groan

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

口部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

うめく, うめき

Example sentences

呻く うめく
男は激しい腹痛に耐えきれず、ベッドの上で呻いていた。

Unable to bear the intense stomach pain, the man was groaning on the bed.

呻き声 うめきごえ
彼は怪我の痛みで小さな呻き声を漏らした。

He let out a small groan from the pain of his injury.

呻吟 しんぎん
患者はベッドの上で苦痛に呻吟し続けた。

The patient continued to groan in pain on the bed.

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