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球 means 'ball'

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Strokes : 11 Frequency: 510 JLPT: N3 Usefulness: 3 Challenge set: 5 Grade: 3 Intermediate lesson: 26 Beginner lesson: - Begins 37 words Used in 302 words Used in 167 names Not used as a component

Jōyō (常用)

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Kanji are classified as Jōyō (常用, common use), Jinmeiyō (人名用, used in names), or Hyōgaiji (表外字, 'outside the chart'). For more information on these types, see here.

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Jōyō 日

Jinmeiyō 柏

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On readings

On (音) readings are based on the original Chinese pronunciation of a kanji. They are typically used when a kanji appears as part of a jukugo (kanji compound).

For example, in 日本, 日 is read as に, one of the on readings.

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キュウ

Kun

Kun readings

Kun (訓) readings are uniquely Japanese. They are typically used when a kanji is used singly as part of a Japanese conjugated verb.

For example, 行く is read as いく (to go). In this case, the く of 行く is known as 'okurigana'. In Kanshudo, okurigana are differentiated using a dark gray color (versus black for the characters that represent the reading of the kanji itself).

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たま ball

Additional readings

Name く

Components

⿰ 王 king 求 request

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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 球 is used 13 times, read 2 ways.

Across all words in Japanese, 球 is used 296 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).

キュウ : 280 words FIND ALL

ちきゅう

地球

noun, 'no' adjective

the earth; the globe

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たま : 6 words FIND ALL

noun

electric (light) bulb

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The JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験) is the standard test of Japanese language ability for non-Japanese. would first come up in level N.

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たま (read as だま) : 9 words FIND ALL

でだま

出球

noun

won pachinko ball

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The JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験) is the standard test of Japanese language ability for non-Japanese. would first come up in level N.

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く: 1 word. FIND ALL

くましょうちゅう

球磨焼酎

noun

Kumamoto rice shochu

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The JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test, 日本語能力試験) is the standard test of Japanese language ability for non-Japanese. would first come up in level N.

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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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球 means 'ball'

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