Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
cry, weep, moan
Kun:
な.く
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 泣訴 【キュウソ】 imploring with tears in one's eyes
  • 号泣 【ゴウキュウ】 crying loudly, bawling, wailing, lamentation, crying one's eyes out (without making noise), breaking into a flood of tears, crying buckets, weeping
  • 哀泣 【アイキュウ】 crying with sadness

Kun reading compounds

  • 泣く 【なく】 to cry, to weep, to sob, to howl
  • 泣く子と地頭には勝てない 【なくことじとうにはかてない】 you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason, you can't fight City Hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
eub

Spanish

  • llorar
  • gemir
  • cantar (pájaros)

Portuguese

  • choro
  • chorar
  • lamento

French

  • pleurer
  • gémir
479 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
838 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1192 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2532 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1049 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
678 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
590 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1300 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1171 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
396 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
253 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
439 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17309 Morohashi
338 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3104 New Nelson (John Haig)
432 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
463 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
373 2001 Kanji
3a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3011.8 Four corner code
1-21-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ce3 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
accusation, sue, complain of pain, appeal to
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
427 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 訴状 【ソジョウ】 petition, complaint, (legal) brief
  • 訴訟 【ソショウ】 litigation, lawsuit
  • 公訴 【コウソ】 (public) prosecution, indictment, accusation
  • 提訴 【テイソ】 presenting a case, suing

Kun reading compounds

  • 訴える 【うったえる】 to raise, to bring to (someone's attention), to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.), to work on (one's emotions), to play on (one's sympathies), to complain, to sue (a person), to take someone to court, to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • denuncia
  • acusación
  • demanda
  • pleito
  • denunciar
  • acusar
  • pleitear

Portuguese

  • acusação
  • processo
  • queixar-se de dor
  • apelar para

French

  • plainte
  • accusation
  • poursuites
  • faire appel
1510 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1182 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1744 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1402 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1491 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1675 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1901 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1367 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35325 Morohashi
1507 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1139 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1221 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1587 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3055 2001 Kanji
7a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0264.1 Four corner code
0263.1 Four corner code
1-33-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a34 Unicode hex code