Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

    to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

    案の定、あの業者今日になって泣きついてきたよ。
    Just like I thought, the contractor came back today, begging for more time.

Also written 泣付く【なきつく】泣きつく【なきつく】

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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

adhere, attach, refer to, append

Kun
つ.ける-つ.ける-づ.けるつ.けつ.け--つ.け-づ.け-づけつ.く-づ.くつ.き-つ.き-つき-づ.き-づき
On
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
322 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

つけ

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-2-3SKIP code
2a3.6The Kanji Dictionary
2420.0Four corner code
2148deroo
4ed8Unicode hex code
1-41-53JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
363Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
124New Nelson (John Haig)
31New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1000Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1075Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
126Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
373Morohashi
574A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
192Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502sakade
302Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
602henshall3
454Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
62Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1009Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu4Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level