啼

啼 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口卜月月 (RYBB), four-corner 6002₇, composition ⿰口帝)

• 𮟍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3887
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 659, character 10
• Unihan data for U+557C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *deː) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 帝 (OC *teːɡs).

啼

1. ^⁜ to cry loudly; to wail

   啼哭  ―  tíkū  ―  to cry loudly; to wail

   哭哭啼啼  ―  kūkū-títí  ―  to cry continuously

   啼笑皆非  ―  tíxiàojiēfēi  ―  to be so ridiculous that it is both saddening and provokes laughter at the same time

   • 呼天而啼，盡哀而止。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     呼天而啼，尽哀而止。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Hūtiān ér tí, jìn'āi ér zhǐ.

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2. (dialectal, by extension) to cry; to weep
3. ^⁜ (of birds or beasts) to call; to cry; to howl

   啼叫  ―  tíjiào  ―  to screech

   烏啼／乌啼  ―  wū tí  ―  crows caw

   • 春眠不覺曉，處處聞啼鳥。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     春眠不觉晓，处处闻啼鸟。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, Meng Haoran, 《春曉》

     Chūnmián bù jué xiǎo, chùchù wén tí niǎo.

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. a surname

• (to cry):

• “啼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to cry, to call (e.g. as a bird does -- see 鳴く)

• Go-on: だい (dai)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)
• Kun: なく (naku, 啼く)

啼 • (je) (hangeul 제, revised je, McCune–Reischauer che, Yale cey)

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啼: Hán Nôm readings: đề

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