to cry / to weep

= + : Karl Koala (ku) played a trick on the Saint Bernard dog (犬) in front of the space station (Ø1). While the dog was sleeping, Karl put two mandarins (吅) on his eyes and when the dog woke up, he thought he went blind and started to cry (哭) like a baby.
to cry; to weep

哭 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
variant of 訟|讼[song4]

= : Mnemonic symbol: a cool pair of sunglasses.
variant of 喧[xuan1]
dog / Kangxi radical 94

= + : Cupid wants to play fetch with the Saint Bernard dog in the anthill and throws a petal leaf over his head, but the dog just continues sleeping. Much to Cupid's surprise though, a big robot happily leaps after the petal leaf.

= + : Looks like a Saint Bernard dog with only one eye.

Characters with 哭 as component

哭 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 哭

to cry bitterly
to weep disconsolately / to cry on each other's shoulder
to bawl / to wail / to cry
lit. the child who cries gets the candy (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease
to sing instead of weep (idiom)
lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
to have eyelids swollen from crying / very unhappy (idiom)
to burst into tears / to sob loudly / to bawl
lit. a child who cries gets to feed at the breast (idiom) / fig. the squeaky wheel gets the grease

Sentences with 哭

哭 currently does not appear in any sentence.