Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    weeping for joy; crying with happiness

    彼女は飛行機墜落事故で息子が一命をとりとめたことを聞いてうれし泣きした。
    She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.

Also written うれし泣き【うれしなき】嬉泣【うれしなき】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

glad, pleased, rejoice

Kun
うれ.しいたの.しむ
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2274 of 2500
Radical
woman

Built from

Used in names as

うらしうれし

Dictionary and index codes (20)
CodeReference
1-3-12SKIP code
3e12.3The Kanji Dictionary
4446.5, 4446.1Four corner code
1777deroo
5b09Unicode hex code
1-20-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1255Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1267New Nelson (John Haig)
722New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
890Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
508Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
655Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2207Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2319Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2476Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
6736Morohashi
2048Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
xi1Pinyin reading
heuiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cry, weep, moan

Kun
な.く
On
キュウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1380 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 15

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
3011.8Four corner code
373deroo
6ce3Unicode hex code
1-21-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2532Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3104New Nelson (John Haig)
338New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
396Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
253Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
432Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
463Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1192A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
590Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1049Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
17309Morohashi
838A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1236Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1300Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
479henshall3
500Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
252Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1171Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
439Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi4Pinyin reading
eubKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
15WaniKani level