10 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

weep, moan, wail

Kun'yomi
  • なげ
  • to cry
On'yomi
  • コク

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

コク 85.5%
14.5%

Character Breakdown

weep, moan, wail
コク な.く なげ.く (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
dog
いぬ ケン (1st, N4)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)

Common Words

wailings of a restless ghost
spine-chilling (hair-raising) (like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost)
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References

Unicode hex code 54ED
JIS X 0208 1-51-13
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2880
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 796
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3658
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3g6.7
Four corner code 6643.0