A Kanji to tame

THE KANJI · N3 · 14 strokes

Chirp ; Cry ; Bark ; Sound ; Ring ; Echo ; Honk

Readings on: メイ
Kun readings: な.く・な.る・な.らす

鳴くなく — screaming (animal)

Readings depend on the word. In kun readings, the dot separates the kanji from its kana ending (okurigana).

Two-word kanji

Reading belongs to the complete word: it is not always deduced from isolated readings.

• 雷鳴らいめい — thunder Source
• 共鳴きょうめい — resonance; sympathy Source
• 悲鳴ひめい — shouting; screaming Source
• 鳴声なきごえ — Cree; screaming (animals); vagrant Source
• 鳴動めいどう — Rumbling Source
• 鶏鳴けいめい — aube; rooster singing Source