Kanji

泣

cry, weep, moan

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

水部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キュウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

なく

Nanori (Name Reading)

なき

Common Readings

キュウ, な…く

Example sentences

泣く なく
赤ん坊が大きな声で泣いています。

The baby is crying loudly.

殺す ころす
彼は声を殺して泣いていた。

He was crying with a suppressed voice.

泣き声 なきごえ
どこからか、微かに赤ん坊の泣き声が聞こえた。

I heard a baby's cry from somewhere faintly.

赤子 あかご
赤子の泣き声が隣の部屋から聞こえてきた。

The sound of a baby crying was heard from the room next door.

泣き出す なきだす
迷子になった子供が、わっと泣き出した。

The lost child suddenly burst into tears.

いきなり いきなり
彼はいきなり泣き出した。

He suddenly started crying.

泣き叫ぶ なきさけぶ
迷子が道で激しく泣き叫んでいた。

The lost child was crying and screaming loudly on the street.

ヒステリー ヒステリー
彼女は突然ヒステリーを起こし、泣き叫んだ。

She suddenly had a fit of hysteria and cried out.

泣きじゃくる なきじゃくる
その子は道端で泣きじゃくっていた。

The child was sobbing on the roadside.

哀れ あわれ
子供の泣きじゃくる姿は、いかにも哀れであった。

The child's crying figure was truly pitiful.

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