Kanken 1

Meaning

Kanji 哭

moan

moan, wail, weep

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
な.くなげ.く
Onyomi 音読み
コク
Nanori 名乗り
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Jōyō
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JLPT
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Frequency
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Strokes
10
Radical
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Components
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Kanji Kentei
Level 1
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 10 common entries

Showing 10 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

哭く

なく

to cry

哭声

こくせい

wailing voice

哭慟

こくどう

wailing

哀哭

あいこく

grief

鬼哭

きこく

wailings of a restless ghost

号哭

ごうこく

wailing

痛哭

つうこく

lamentation

憂哭

うきね

sobbing

慟哭

どうこく

wailing

鬼哭啾々

きこくしゅうしゅう

spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

子どもは母を呼びながら激しくいた。

The child wailed loudly while calling for his mother.

彼女は知らせを聞くと、その場で声を上げていた。

When she heard the news, she cried out and wept on the spot.

夜の静かな部屋に赤ん坊のく声が響いた。

In the quiet room at night, a baby's wailing echoed.

友の死を知った村人たちは、墓の前で一晩中いた。

The villagers, upon learning of their friend's death, wept all night before the grave.

彼は悔しさのあまり、人目もはばからずいた。

He was so frustrated that he wept openly without caring who saw him.