Kanji

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: bark, chirp, cry

Kunyomi: な.く

Onyomi: テイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

テイキュウ crying, wailing, bawling

テイチョウ chirping bird, singing bird

Kunyomi Examples

鳴く なく to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)