泣く
Kana: なく
to cry
Example sentence
赤ちゃんが泣くと、みんな心配します。
あかちゃんがなくと、みんなしんぱいします。
When the baby cries, everyone worries.
What 泣く means
泣く (なく) is a Japanese word meaning “to cry”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2 (and again in Level 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.