When “泣” fills a head
Why it is in the set
This was the character most likely to be cut. A joke generator that tells someone their head is mostly crying could land very badly on the wrong day. It stayed because the alternative — a set where nothing difficult appears — would have made every result feel false. The safeguard is in the generated line, not in the character: no quip may touch illness, and the ones written for 泣 are about films, adverts and onions.
What a head full of it looks like
Usually something small that got past you. An advert with a dog in it. A song that turned out to be about something else. A head led by 泣 is more often a head that has been moved than a head that is unhappy.
Words that use it
泣く (naku, to cry), 号泣 (gyoukyuu, wailing), 感泣 (kankyuu, tears of being moved), 泣き虫 (nakimushi, a crybaby — literally a crying insect), もらい泣き (moraainaki, crying because someone near you is).
Kanji it turns up with
笑 (laughing) is the pairing the quips use most, because the two together describe a real state rather than a contradiction. 泣 with 無 (nothing at all) behind it is handled gently by the generator.
Where “泣” comes from
Water on the left (氵), and 立, a person standing, on the right for the sound. Water, from a person on their feet.
Japanese separates 泣く (naku, a person crying) from 鳴く (naku, an animal making its sound). Same pronunciation, different character, and getting it wrong in writing is a common slip.
泣 is not a heavy character in Japanese. It is used for crying at a film as readily as for grief.
A line you might get for “泣”
“Something got through. It was probably an advert.”
Count the “泣” in your own headOthers in “Feelings”
“泣” is filed under “Feelings”. These are the rest of that group.
The 36 kanji
This is entirely a joke and has nothing to do with any real person.