呱 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning (Japanese)

1. 赤子が泣く。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「口」+音符「瓜」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

cry

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• コ

Other languages

• 拼音gua1
• 拼音gu1
• 拼音wa1
• 한글go
• Hán-ViệtOa

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

口(くち)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+5471

grid_viewComponents

• 口くち
• 瓜うり

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰口瓜

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 呱々ここcry of a baby at birth
• 呱々の声をあげるここのこえをあげるto be born (of a baby), to come into the world

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 孤One part differs
• 狐One part differs
• 弧One part differs
• 柧One part differs
• 泒One part differs
• 胍One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-6

Four Corner

6203.0

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3d6.13

Nelson

906