Hanja Analyzer
泣

泣 — eup

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
울 읍
Romanization
eup
English
cry, sob, weep
Mandarin
qì
Japanese on'yomi
キュウ, コウ, リュウ, シュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
な.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,380 of 2,500
Strokes
8
Radical
水 (85, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
立
Unicode
U+6CE3

Parts that make up 泣

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 立 설 립sound 땅을 딛고 선 사람서는 일과 세우는 일

How 泣 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 泣 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 立.

Korean example words with 泣

  • 읍소泣訴 Korean gloss: 눈물을 흘리며 간절히 하소연함
  • 호읍號泣 Korean gloss: 목 놓아 큰 소리로 욺. 또는 그런 울음
  • 비읍하다悲泣 Korean gloss: 슬피 울다
  • 유읍하다流泣 Korean gloss: 눈물을 흘리면서 울다
  • 곡읍하다哭泣 Korean gloss: 소리를 내어 슬피 울다
  • 체읍하다涕泣 Korean gloss: 눈물을 흘리며 슬피 울다
  • 읍인성泣咽聲 Korean gloss: 목메어 우는 소리
  • 애읍哀泣 Korean gloss: 슬피 욺.
  • 연읍戀泣 Korean gloss: 그리워서 욺.
  • 감읍感泣 Korean gloss: 감격하여 목메어 욺.
  • 운읍殞泣 Korean gloss: 눈물을 흘리면서 욺.
  • 읍안泣顔 Korean gloss: 눈물을 흘리는 얼굴.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 泣

  • 悔し泣きくやしなき crying from vexation; tears of regret
  • 泣きなき weeping; lamenting
  • 泣き声なきごえ cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine
  • 泣かすなかす to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
  • 泣かされるなかされる to be moved to tears; to suffer greatly (from)
  • 泣き叫ぶなきさけぶ to cry and shout; to scream
  • 泣かせるなかせる to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to let cry
  • 号泣ごうきゅう crying loudly; bawling; wailing
  • 泣き崩れるなきくずれる to break down crying
  • 泣きじゃくるなきじゃくる to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
  • 泣き出すなきだす to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry
  • 泣き所なきどころ weak point; vulnerable point; Achilles' heel

Characters sharing the phonetic 立

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “읍”

Other hanja with radical 水

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