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泣 = 水 + 立

泣 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cry”. It is built from 水 (water) and 立 (stand up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 463.

Keyword
cry
RTK frame
463
Strokes
8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
キュウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
な.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
плакать
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
泣 cry

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 水 water
  2. 立 stand up

How to find 泣 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “stand up”. 泣 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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