Question

鳴 な.く、な.る、な.らす chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk 3 1279 14 196 とり・とりへん 会意 Compound Ideographic A chirp is quite simply the sound that comes from the mouth of birds.

Accepted Answer

メイ なり, なる 悲鳴(ひめい): shriek; scream怒鳴る(どなる): to shout; to yell共鳴(きょうめい): resonance; sympathetic (sound); (being in) sympathy鳴らす(ならす): to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose)鳴る(なる): to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble鳴く(なく): (1) to sing (bird) (2) to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal) 2 口: mouth鳥: bird; chicken 鳥 11 (none) chirp This kanji is not limited to the chirp of a bird, but stands for the sound of any kind of animal. Picture a very weird bird that can imitate with its mouth (a bird with mouth, heh) the voice of many different animals: Meeow! Woof! Mooo! Cuack!!! (Maybe the bird has Kirby powers and obtains the abilities of the animals it eats).

Kanji	鳴
Onyomi	メイ
Kunyomi	な.く、な.る、な.らす
Nanori	なり, なる
English	chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Examples	悲鳴(ひめい): shriek; scream 怒鳴る(どなる): to shout; to yell 共鳴(きょうめい): resonance; sympathetic (sound); (being in) sympathy 鳴らす(ならす): to ring; to sound; to chime; to beat; to snort (nose) 鳴る(なる): to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble 鳴く(なく): (1) to sing (bird) (2) to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal)
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	1279
Components	口: mouth 鳥: bird; chicken
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	鳥
Radical Number	196
Radical Strokes	11
Radical Reading	とり・とりへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	chirp
Koohii Story 1	A chirp is quite simply the sound that comes from the mouth of birds.
Koohii Story 2	This kanji is not limited to the chirp of a bird, but stands for the sound of any kind of animal. Picture a very weird bird that can imitate with its mouth (a bird with mouth, heh) the voice of many different animals: Meeow! Woof! Mooo! Cuack!!! (Maybe the bird has Kirby powers and obtains the abilities of the animals it eats).

Sound Mouth Chirp Bird Ring 鳴 メイ な.く、な.る、な.らす

Sound Mouth Chirp Bird Ring 鳴メイな.く、な.る、な.らす