Kanji details for

 
Uses 12 strokes


Search words that:
- start with 啼
- end with 啼
- contain 啼
bark, chirp, cry
KUN:
  • な.く
    na.ku
ON:
  • テイ
    tei
Written with 12 strokes

Radicals:
Example words(showing 8 results)

Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
1.
to sing (bird)
2.
to make sound (animal), to call, to cry, to chirp
3.
to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)(mahjong term)(only relevant for 鳴く)
All readings:
鳴く【なく】
啼く【なく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
cry (esp. animal), roar, chirp, tweet, bark, whine, meow
See also:泣き声
All readings:
鳴き声【なきごえ】
啼き声【なきごえ】
啼声【なきごえ】[1]
鳴声【なきごえ】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
All readings:
子泣き爺【こなきじじい】
子啼爺【こなきじじい】
子なき爺【こなきじじい】
子泣きじじい【こなきじじい】

noun
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)(usually kana)
All readings:
さよなきどり《小夜鳴き鳥》
さよなきどり《小夜啼鳥》
サヨナキドリ

noun, auxillary suru verb
crying, wailing, bawling

noun
chirping bird, singing bird(obscure)

noun
pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)(usually kana)
Other readings:
なきうさぎ《鳴兎》
ナキウサギ

expression
the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)(obscure, yojijukugo)