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to cry

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
10
Syllable
ku

How 哭 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

哭 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

孩子们在哭。

Háizimen zài kū.

The children are crying.

  • 孩子háizichild
  • menplural suffix
  • zàito be at; in
  • to cry

她哭了一个小时。

Tā kū le yī gè xiǎoshí.

She cried for an hour.

  • she
  • to cry
  • lecompleted action marker
  • one
  • general measure word
  • 小时xiǎoshíhour

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.