What does kanji 啼 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 啼 is bark.

How is kanji 啼 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 啼 are な.く; the onyomi readings are テイ.

What words use kanji 啼?

Example words that use kanji 啼 include 鳴く, 鳴き声, 啼泣, 啼鳥.

Kanken 1

啼

Meaning

Kanji 啼

bark

bark, chirp, cry

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: な.く
Onyomi 音読み: テイ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 12
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 締 • 帝 • 啻 • 蒂 • 揥 • 偙 • 崹

Related vocabulary

Showing 9 common entries

Showing 9 of 9 entries that include this kanji.

鳴く

なく

to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

鳴き声

なきごえ

cry (esp. animal)

啼泣

ていきゅう

crying aloud

啼鳥

ていちょう

chirping bird

啼兎

なきうさぎ

pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)

子泣き爺

こなきじじい

Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)

小夜鳴き鳥

さよなきどり

nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

夜鳴き

よなき

calling at night (of a bird, etc.)

落花啼鳥

らっかていちょう

the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

赤ん坊が夜中に啼いた。

The baby cried in the middle of the night.

遠くで犬が啼いている。

A dog is barking in the distance.

庭で小鳥が啼き始めた。

A small bird started chirping in the garden.

彼は悔しくて声を上げて啼いた。

He cried out loud in frustration.

蝉が朝から啼いている。

Cicadas have been chirping since morning.