KANAE
Character · Mind and speech

泣

なく nakuなきっつら nakittsura

weep, cry

Composition

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Origin

Water (氵) carries the meaning and 立 the sound: shedding tears, weeping quietly.

In the thoughts

  1. 泣きっ面nakittsuracrying face
  2. 泣くnakucries

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 145 A bee on a tear-streaked face.
  2. 166 "Catch me the moon!" cries the child.
  3. 266 Against a crying child and a local lord, no one wins.

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