哭 (kū): meaning and stroke order

哭 in our stories

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• 他难过地哭了，说：“我的路也要走到头了。”

  tā nánguò de kū le shuō wǒ de lù yě yào zǒu dào tóu le

  He wept and said, "My road, too, is coming to its end."

  From the story The qilin HSK 4

• 第一次，他听见刚出生的儿子在哭；第三次，儿子已经会跑了，站在门口向他招手。

  dì-yī cì tā tīngjiàn gāng chūshēng de érzi zài kū dì-sān cì érzi yǐjīng huì pǎo le zhàn zài ménkǒu xiàng tā zhāoshǒu

  The first time, he heard his newborn son crying; the third time, the boy could already run and stood in the doorway waving to him.

  From the story Yu the Great tames the flood HSK 6

• 第一次听到这个称呼的时候，苏禾跑到走廊里哭了很久。

  dì-yī cì tīngdào zhè gè chēnghu de shíhou Sū Hé pǎo dào zǒuláng lǐ kū le hěn jiǔ

  The first time she heard him call her that, Su He ran into the corridor and cried for a long time.

  From the story The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8