Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 4 freq #1380

cry, weep, moan

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

water mizu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

crying loudly; bawling

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

crying from vexation; tears of regret
weeping; lamenting
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears
to be moved to tears
to cry and shout; to scream
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears
to break down crying
to sob; to never stop crying
to burst into tears; to burst out crying

Example sentences

The baby cried on and off all night.

She stopped crying altogether.

We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.

We made him cry.