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鳴

chirp
Stroke count: 14

Readings

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JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. chirpRtK
  2. bark
  3. cry
    彼は悲鳴をあげて逃げて行った。He cried out and ran away.tatoeba
  4. echo
  5. honk
  6. ring
  7. sound
    鹿の鳴く声に似た音を出す笛。A fue that produces a sound similar to a shika dear.wiki
    合奏で用いられるように特に低音部が良く鳴るように拡張されている。In order to be used in an ensemble, its number of strings was increased so that the bass register sounds good.wiki
  1. to make sound (of an animal)
  2. to call
  3. to cry
  4. to whine
  5. to sing

Popular Usage

鳴く鳴る共鳴

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Radical鳥bird
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · bird (鳥)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2092

Compound words

鳴くなく
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing
鳴るなる
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar
共鳴きょうめい
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
悲鳴ひめい
shriek; scream
雷鳴らいめい
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
鳴門なると
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern
鳴りなり
ringing; sound
怒鳴るどなる
to shout (in anger); to yell
鳴き声なきごえ
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw
鳴らすならす
to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose)
怒鳴り込むどなりこむ
to storm in with a yell
鶏鳴けいめい
crowing of a cock
山鳴やまならし
Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
鳴咽おえつ
sobbing
鳴家やなり
rattling and trembling of a house (traditionally believed to be caused by oni or the deceased)
鳴禽めいきん
songbird
鳴蜩あぶらぜみ
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata)
喘鳴ぜんめい
stridor
烏鳴きからすなき
cry of the crow
遠鳴りとおなり
distant peals (thunder)
家鳴りやなり
rattling and trembling of a house (traditionally believed to be caused by oni or the deceased)
自鳴鐘とけい
clock
鳴り鏑なりかぶら
arrow with a whistle attached
鳴禽類めいきんるい
oscines (birds of suborder Oscines)

Additional Examples

彼は腹を立てて私に怒鳴った。
He lost his temper and shouted at me.tatoeba
彼は怒るといつも私に向かって怒鳴る。
He always yells at me when he is angry.tatoeba
彼はベルが鳴ってから着いた。
He arrived after the bell rang.tatoeba
ももづたふ磐余の池に鳴く鴨を今日のみ見てや雲隠りなむ
It would be the last day for me to see a wild duck on the pond of Iware; Would I die today?wiki
柿食へば 鐘が鳴るなり 法隆寺
I bite a persimmon Heard the gong Horyu-ji Templewiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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