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球 means 'ball'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 510   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-13    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 26    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 42 words   Used in 302 words   Used in 167 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キュウ
Kun
   たま ball
Additional readings
Name    く
Components
⿰  王 king  求 request  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 球 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 球 is used 296 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
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キュウ : 280 words FIND ALL
ち き ゅ う 0
the earth; the globe
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たま : 6 words FIND ALL
noun
electric (light) bulb
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たま (read as だま) : 9 words FIND ALL
noun
won pachinko ball
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く: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
Kumamoto rice shochu
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An additional 6 less common words include 球 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 275 (originally: 257)  Joy o' Kanji : 257  Key to Kanji: 192 

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球
キュウ   たま ball   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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丶
dot   
水
スイ   みず water   
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