Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 帝 represents the sound. Simplified form of 嗁.
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Historical Evolution
啼
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
啼
Regular
Modern
Chinese
啼 [tí]
to cry; to weep aloud; to crow; to hoot
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (15)
哭哭啼啼 [kūkutítí] #16,817
to weep endlessly
啼笑皆非 [tíxiàojiēfēi] #48,654
lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom)
啼哭 [tíkū] #63,416
to cry
悲啼 [bēití] #63,862
to wail with grief
啼饥号寒 [tíjīháohán] #68,539
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
啼饥号寒 [tíjīháohán] #68,539
hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty
啼啭 [tízhuàn]
to call sweetly (of birds)
啼啭 [tízhuàn]
to call sweetly (of birds)
啼声 [tíshēng]
ululation
啼声 [tíshēng]
ululation
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JAPANESE WORDS (11)
⭐ 鳴く [なく] #3,869
to make sound (of an animal)
⭐ 鳴き声 [なきごえ] #3,983
cry (of an animal)
⭐ 泣き声 [なきごえ] #4,225
cry (e.g. of a baby)
夜鳴き [よなき] #105,713
calling at night (of a bird, etc.)
小夜鳴き鳥 [さよなきどり] #123,330
nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
子泣き爺 [こなきじじい] #127,399
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
啼鳥 [ていちょう] #148,682
chirping bird
啼泣 [ていきゅう] #153,444
crying aloud
落花啼鳥 [らっかていちょう] #294,796
the poetic feeling of a late spring scene (with flowers scattering and birds chirping)
啼兎 [なきうさぎ]
pika (rabbit-like animal of family Ochotonidae)
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