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

    to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)

    子供はおもちゃの車が欲しいと泣きわめいた。
    The child cried for a toy car.

Also written 泣きわめく【なきわめく】

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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

yell, cry, call, scream, summon

Kun
わめ.く
On
カン
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1120 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3d9.19The Kanji Dictionary
6703.4Four corner code
3763deroo
559aUnicode hex code
1-20-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
958Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
852New Nelson (John Haig)
550New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
666Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
404Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1042Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1121Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1953A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1405Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3953Morohashi
1103A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1587Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1508Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1435Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
308Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1051Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huan4Pinyin reading
hwanKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level