哭 — Chinese character
哭
kū
to weep, to cry, to wail
- Pinyin
- kū
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 口 口 犬
- Formation
- ideographic — To shed a tear from your eyes 口 over a person 犬
- Japanese
- 哭 as a kanji
Common words with 哭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哭泣 | kū qì | to weep |
| 大哭 | dà kū | to cry loudly |
| 痛哭 | tòng kū | to cry bitterly |
| 哭喊 | kū hǎn | to wail |
| 哭声 (哭聲) | kū shēng | sound of weeping |
| 哭诉 (哭訴) | kū sù | to lament; to complain tearfully |
| 哭闹 (哭鬧) | kū nào | to bawl, disturbing others |
| 哭笑不得 | kū xiào bù dé | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing |
| 哭哭啼啼 | kū ku tí tí | to weep endlessly; interminable wailing |
| 痛哭流涕 | tòng kū liú tì | weeping bitter tears |
| 放声大哭 (放聲大哭) | fàng shēng dà kū | to sob loudly; to bawl |
| 抱头痛哭 (抱頭痛哭) | bào tóu tòng kū | to weep disconsolately; to cry on each other's shoulder |
English words written with 哭
哭 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 20
- Analects 7.9
- Analects 11.9
- Mencius 3A.2
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 6B.6
- Mencius 7B.33
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi Nourishment of the Soul
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