球

common

キュウ/KYŪ/    たま/tama/KYUU/キュウ/    tama/たま/

ball;  sphere

Radical: 王 (jade).   Strokes: 11画.   Elements: 王水丶.   Pinyin: qiú.   Hangul: 구 [gu].   Nanori: くku.

Jōyō Kanji 3rd Grade.   JLPT N3.

Example compounds:
キュウKYŪ落球【らっきゅうrakkyū】failing to catch a ball; fumble
好球【こうきゅうkōkyū】good pitch
庭球【ていきゅうteikyū】tennis
たまtama球【たまtama】ball; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet; bulb (i.e. a light bulb); lens (of glasses, etc.); bead (of an abacus); ball (i.e. a testicle); gem; female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); person (when commenting on their nature); item, funds or person used as part of a plot; egg; coin; precious
球拾い【たまひろいtamahiroi】fetching balls; ball boy
電気の球【でんきのたまdenkinotama】electric (light) bulb
Codepoints and classification codes:
7403–Unicode
21-69–JIS X 0208
1-4-7–SKIP
4f7.2–TKD
1313.2–Four Corner
3142–De Roo
Dictionary indices:
2941–Classic Nelson
3643–The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson
969–New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern
658–Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern
935–Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig
379–A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken)
1359–Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill
845–Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill
21011–Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 7 p. 923
257–A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall
726–Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky
188–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade
736–Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki
275–Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall
370–Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask
935–Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono
3.7–Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT
1319–Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
944–Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig
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