泣く

• 読み: なく
• ローマ字: naku
• 漢字の分解: 泣 (kyū/na) — to cry; water radical (氵) + standing (立)
• 発音: /na.kɯ/

意味

To cry; to weep; to shed tears. Describes the act of crying from sadness, pain, or strong emotion.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb. Conjugated by changing the く to き, か, こ, etc. Note: the same reading なく also means 'to sing/chirp' for animals and birds, but that uses the kanji 鳴く. 泣く is exclusively for human crying.

例文

1. 赤ちゃんが夜中に泣いています。
2. 悲しい映画を見て泣きました。
3. 転んで膝をぶつけて泣いた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, emotions, children

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 泣 combines the water radical (氵) representing tears with 立 (to stand), evoking the image of someone standing and shedding tears.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal