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哭

kū

HSK 2 · word 813 of 3,000

Meaning

Example sentence

他只是哭。

tā zhǐ shì kū

He did nothing but cry.

The character 哭

哭 is two 口, mouths, above 犬, a dog — a picture of howling. To cry, where 笑 is to laugh, and the two are worth learning as a pair. 哭了 says the tears have started.

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