啼
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(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly; (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 啼
- Common rank
- #3,066
- Unicode
- U+557C
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Formation & memory
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Words with 啼
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 柳啼花怨 | desolate | |
| 尖声啼哭 | squeal | |
| 啼笑皆非 | lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); between laughter and tears | |
| 杜鹃啼血 | lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom); fig. e… | |
| 啼声 | ululation; to howl | |
| 啼饥号寒 | (idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty | |
| 悲啼 | to wail with grief; plaintive cry | |
| 啼哭 | to cry; to wail | |
| 哭哭啼啼 | to weep endlessly; interminable wailing | |
| 啼啭 | to call sweetly (of birds) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 帝 — compare how they read.