Jisho

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19 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
kick
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2377 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蹴鞠 【ケマリ】 kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
  • 蹴球 【シュウキュウ】 football (incl. soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. used for soccer)
  • 先蹴 【センシュウ】 kick-off (esp. rugby)

Kun reading compounds

  • 蹴る 【ける】 to kick, to refuse, to reject, to stamp (on the ground), to firmly press one's feet (against something)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cu4
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • patada
  • rechazo
  • dar una patada
  • rechazar con fuerza

Portuguese

French

4589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2806 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
962 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2074 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
37876 Morohashi
5913 New Nelson (John Haig)
2742 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2122 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7d12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-12 SKIP code
6311.4 Four corner code
1-29-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e74 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, 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, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code