Jisho

×

11 strokes
Radical:
fur, hair
Parts:
burr, ball
Kun:
いがまり
On:
キュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 球果 【キュウカ】 cone, strobile, strobilus
  • 打毬 【ダキュウ】 dakyū, polo-like game

Kun reading compounds

  • 毬 【いが】 burr (e.g. chestnut), bur, cupule, case
  • 毬栗 【いがぐり】 chestnut in its burr
  • 鞠 【まり】 ball (for sport, games, etc.), kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
  • 毬投げ 【まりなげ】 playing catch
  • 手毬 【てまり】 traditional Japanese handball game
  • 大手毬 【おおでまり】 Japanese snowball, Viburnum plicatum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • bola

Portuguese

French

2474 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1510 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2132 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4001 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2052 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2773 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16837 Morohashi
3016 New Nelson (John Haig)
2533 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2593 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2b9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-7 SKIP code
2371.3 Four corner code
1-61-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bec Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
西
chestnut
Kun:
くりおののく
On:
リツ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戦々慄々 【センセンリツリツ】 trembling with fear, filled with trepidation
  • 栗鼠 【リス】 squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
  • リス亜目 【リスアモク】 Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
  • 片栗 【カタクリ】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
  • 実栗 【ミクリ】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed

Kun reading compounds

  • 栗 【くり】 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
  • 栗石 【くりいし】 construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
  • 片栗 【かたくり】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
  • 実栗 【みくり】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed

Readings

Japanese names:
くる、 りっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • castaña
  • estricto

Portuguese

French

  • châtaigne
1571 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1219 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3280 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1623 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14695 Morohashi
2649 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2662 New Nelson (John Haig)
1609 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1735 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a6.32 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1090.4 Four corner code
1-23-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6817 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
crab
Kun:
かに
On:
カイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2417 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蟹行文字 【カイコウモンジ】 cross-wise writing, alphabet usually written horizontally

Kun reading compounds

  • 蟹 【かに】 crab
  • カニ歩き 【カニあるき】 walking like a crab
  • 月夜の蟹 【つきよのかに】 crab with little meat, crab of a moonlit night, something with no meat to it, something unsubstantial
  • 渡り蟹 【わたりがに】 swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), Japanese blue crab

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie4
Korean:
hae

Spanish

  • cangrejo

Portuguese

French

4195 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2853 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33668 Morohashi
5395 New Nelson (John Haig)
2682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-6 SKIP code
2713.6 Four corner code
1-19-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
87f9 Unicode hex code