啼

tí

(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly

Radical: 口 Strokes: 12

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Less common

Same radical

口合名和同台命器古可后司

Same radical

口合名和同台命器古可后司号周品

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Character Decomposition

啼=口+帝

Etymology

mouth

Meanings

(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly

(bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech

tí

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Words with 啼 68 total

to cry · to wail啼哭tí kū to call sweetly (of birds)啼啭tí zhuàn ululation · to howl啼声tí shēng to wail with grief · plaintive cry悲啼bēi tí to weep endlessly · interminable wailing哭哭啼啼kū ku tí tí desolate柳啼花怨liǔ tí huā yuàn the joy of spring · orioles sing and swallows dart · a scene of prosperity莺啼燕语yīng tí yàn yǔ (idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty啼饥号寒tí jī háo hán

Idioms with 啼 24 total Chain

lit. the cuckoo, after its tears are exhausted, continues by weeping blood (idiom) · fig. extreme grief杜鹃啼血dù juān tí xuè to weep endlessly · interminable wailing哭哭啼啼kū ku tí tí desolate柳啼花怨liǔ tí huā yuàn

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