Kanji
N3 14 strokes Grade 2 freq #1279

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

bird tori

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

shriek; scream
resonance
thunder; thunderclap
let a hundred schools of thought contend

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

ringing; sound
cry (of an animal); call
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool
to storm in with a yell
to shout (in anger); to yell
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
clapper; noisemaker
to ring; to sound
to sound; to ring
rumble in the ground

Example sentences

I heard someone scream.

There is eloquence in screaming.

A bird is known by its song and a man by his way of talking.

Between the traffic and the dog's barking, he couldn't sleep.