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熊 means 'bear'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 1141   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-13    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 41 words   Used in 75 words   Used in 1155 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
Kun
   くま a bear
Additional readings
On    ユウ
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 熊 - click the badge to download
See why the Japanese fear bears and how to prevent attacks. Find out why various bear names contain 月 (moon), 赤 (red), 白 (white), 灰色 (gray), 袋 (pouch), and 猫 (cat), while combining 熊 with 洗 (washing) or 穴 (hole) produces names of animals that aren’t even bears. Learn about Ainu rituals with bears, as well as the sacred Kumano region and an ancient people who may be mythical.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 熊 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 熊 is used 63 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ユウ : 3 words FIND ALL
ゆ う た ん 3
noun
bear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
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くま : 38 words FIND ALL
く ま 2 く ま 1
Most common form: くま
noun
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
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くま (read as ぐま) : 22 words FIND ALL
こ ぐ ま 0
noun
small bear; bear cub
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An additional 12 less common words include 熊 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1995  Key to Kanji: 699 

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熊
くま a bear   
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能
ノウ    ability   
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匕
さじ spoon   
䏍
private month
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厶
ム   private
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
灬
fire
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