Jisho

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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

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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

19 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
seaweed, duckweed
Kun:
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 藻類 【ソウルイ】 seaweed, algae
  • 藻菌類 【ソウキンルイ】 algal fungi
  • 海藻 【カイソウ】 seaweed
  • 石灰藻 【セッカイソウ】 calcareous algae

Kun reading compounds

  • 藻 【も】 algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed
  • 藻掻く 【もがく】 to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm, to act frantically, to make desperate efforts
  • 山椒藻 【さんしょうも】 floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)
  • 菅藻 【すがも】 Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • alga marina

Portuguese

  • algas
  • planta flutuante

French

  • algue
  • lentille d'eau
1531 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2031 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1710 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2837 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1657 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1771 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1839 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
674 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3033 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1546 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2116 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2052 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32401X Morohashi
2384 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5254 New Nelson (John Haig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2191 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1920 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k16.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-16 SKIP code
4419.4 Four corner code
1-33-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85fb Unicode hex code