啼

12 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

bark, chirp, cry

Kun'yomi
  • なく
    		to make sound (of an animal) ②to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
On'yomi
  • テイ

Main Radical

口(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

なく 88.2%
テイ 11.8%

Character Breakdown

bark, chirp, cry
な.く　テイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
sovereign, the emperor, god
テイ　みかど (8th, N1)
stand up, rise, set up
た.つ　リツ　たつ (1st, N4)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
towel, hanging scroll, width
キン　フク　おお.い (11th)

Common Words

てい
啼
きゅう
泣
crying
らっ
落
か
花
てい
啼
ちょう
鳥
the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)
てい
啼
ちょう
鳥
chirping bird
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References

Unicode hex code 557C
JIS X 0208 1-51-38
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 945
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 837
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3887
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d9.16
Four corner code 6002.7