泣

泣

泣 U+6CE3, 泣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6CE3 ← 波 [U+6CE2] CJK Unified Ideographs 泤 → [U+6CE4]

Translingual

Han character

泣 (radical 85, 水+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 水卜廿 (EYT), four-corner 3011₈, composition ⿰氵立)

References

• KangXi: page 617, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17309
• Dae Jaweon: page 1012, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1593, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6CE3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		泣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 泣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (立) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
涖	*rɯːbs, *rɯbs
莅	*rɯbs, *rɯbs
蒞	*rɯbs
位	*ɢʷrɯbs
拉	*ruːb
菈	*ruːb
颯	*sluːb
立	*rɯb
粒	*rɯb
笠	*ɡ·rɯb
砬	*rɯb
岦	*rɯb
苙	*ɡ·rɯb, *ɡrɯb
鴗	*rɯb
雴	*r̥ʰɯb
泣	*kʰrɯb

Etymology

“to weep; to sob”

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krap (“to weep”). Cognate with Tibetan ཁྲབ་ཁྲབ (khrab khrab, “weeper”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jap¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khip

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kib⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jap¹
    • Yale: yāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeb¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐp̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khip
    • Tâi-lô: khip
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qib
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰip̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰip̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰip̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰip̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰip̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kib⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khip
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰip̚²/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 泣
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕʰi⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕʰi³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕʰji²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕʰi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕʰi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ɕi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕi³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕʰi²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕʰi³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰiʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕʰiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕʰiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡ɕʰiəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiʔ²¹/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕʰi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰip̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kʰip̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jɐp̚⁵/
	Nanning	/jep̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/jɐp̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kʰip̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kʰɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kʰi²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/kʰip̚²/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/li³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰˠiɪp̚/▼

Rime
Character	泣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	緝 (142)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	Chongniu III
Fanqie	去急切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰˠiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰᵚip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰjip̚/
Li Rong	/kʰjəp̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-r̥əp/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰrɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	泣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qì
Middle Chinese	‹ khip ›
Old Chinese	/*k-r̥əp/
English	weep
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	泣
Reading #	1/1
No.	7877
Phonetic component	立
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰrɯb/

Definitions

泣

1. to weep; to sob
2. tears

Compounds

下車泣罪／下车泣罪 伯俞泣杖 剖肝泣血 可歌可泣 (kěgēkěqì) 向隅獨泣／向隅独泣 向隅而泣 吞聲飲泣／吞声饮泣 哀泣 (āiqì) 哭泣 (kūqì) 啜泣 (chuòqì) 喜極而泣／喜极而泣 垂泣 如泣如訴／如泣如诉 如訴如泣／如诉如泣 孟宗泣筍／孟宗泣笋 對泣／对泣 悲泣 (bēiqì) 抽泣 (chōuqì) 抿泣 掩泣 掩面而泣 擲刀對泣／掷刀对泣

斂笑而泣／敛笑而泣 新亭對泣／新亭对泣 暗泣 (ànqì) 枕戈泣血 椎心泣血 (chuíxīn-qìxuè) 楚囚對泣／楚囚对泣 泣下如雨 泣下沾襟 泣不成聲／泣不成声 (qìbùchéngshēng) 泣別虞姬／泣别虞姬 泣如雨下 泣愬 泣杖 泣涕 泣淚成珠／泣泪成珠 泣珠 泣禱／泣祷 泣笑敘闊／泣笑叙阔 泣罪 泣血 泣血捶膺 泣血枕戈

泣血椎心 泣血漣如／泣血涟如 泣血稽顙／泣血稽颡 泣訴／泣诉 泣諫／泣谏 泣鬼神 泫然欲泣 涕泣 (tìqì) 牛衣對泣／牛衣对泣 狐死兔泣 疼心泣血 痛心泣血 皋魚之泣／皋鱼之泣 相擁而泣／相拥而泣 稽顙泣血／稽颡泣血 茹泣吞悲 虛引猿泣／虚引猿泣 號泣／号泣 (háoqì) 銜泣／衔泣 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) 飲泣吞聲／饮泣吞声

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade–Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/

Definitions

泣

1. ^† (ideophonic) wind blowing rapidly

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sè (se⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄜˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄜˋ
    • Wade–Giles: sê⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: seh
    • IPA ^(key): /sɤ⁵¹/

Definitions

泣

1. ^† Alternative form of 澀／涩 (sè).

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Japanese

Kanji

泣

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. to cry, to weep

Readings

• Go-on: こう (kō)^{←こふ (kofu, historical)}
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)^{←きふ (kifu, historical)}
• Kun: なく (naku, 泣く, Jōyō); なき (naki, 泣き)

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Korean

Hanja

泣 • (eup) (hangeul 읍)

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Vietnamese

Han character

泣 (khắp, khấp, lớp, rắp, rập, khóc)

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