EntryCommonWaniKani 17
  1. Noun

    cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine

    病気の子どもの痛ましい泣き声を聞くのは我々には耐えられなかった。
    We could not bear to listen to the sick child's pathetic cries.
  2. tearful voice; weepy voice

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Characters in this word

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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

voice

Kun
こえこわ-
On
セイショウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
388 of 2500
Radical
scholar
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-4SKIP code
3p4.4The Kanji Dictionary
4027.7Four corner code
1460deroo
58f0Unicode hex code
1-32-28JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1066Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
989New Nelson (John Haig)
2198New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2724Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1393Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1896Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2044Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
467A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
465Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
226Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5645Morohashi
153A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
746Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
759Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97sakade
146Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
170henshall3
147Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
299crowley
619Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.14busy_people
396Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1914Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level