Chinese symbol for “weep”
哭泣
kū qì
to weep
The closest CC-CEDICT match for weep is 哭泣 (kū qì), defined as: to weep.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “weep”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哭 | kū | to cry; to weep |
| 泫 | xuàn | weep |
| 涕泣 | tì qì | to weep; to shed tears |
| 哭脸 (哭臉) | kū liǎn | to weep; to snivel |
| 落泪 (落淚) | luò lèi | to shed tears; to weep |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 哭泣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 啜泣 | chuò qì | to sob |
| 喜极而泣 (喜極而泣) | xǐ jí ér qì | crying tears of joy (idiom) |
| 可歌可泣 | kě gē kě qì | lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom); fig. deeply moving; happy and sad |
See also: Japanese symbol for “weep”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.