Kanji N1

泣: cry, weep, moan

泣 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning cry, weep, moan, written with 8 strokes. It is read キュウ (on) and なく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 泣く (なく, to cry) and 泣き (なき, weeping).

泣

Meanings

  • cry
  • weep
  • moan
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1380 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キュウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • なく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 泣

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 泣くなく

    to cry; to shed tears; to weep; to sob

    JLPT N4
  • 泣きなき

    weeping; lamenting

  • 悔し泣きくやしなき

    crying from vexation; tears of regret

  • 泣き声なきごえ

    cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine

  • 泣き顔なきがお

    crying face; face of a person who is crying

  • 号泣ごうきゅう

    crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation

  • 泣かすなかす

    to make someone cry; to move someone to tears

  • 泣き叫ぶなきさけぶ

    to cry and shout; to scream

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.