熊
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Meaning (Japanese)
- （動物）くま。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
bear
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- ユウ
- Kun (native)
- くまElem.
- Other languages
- 拼音xiong2
- 한글ung
- Hán-ViệtHùng
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 14 strokes
- Radical
- 火(ひ)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+718A
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱能灬
Words using this kanji
- 熊くま哺乳類食肉目クマ科の構成種の総称。bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
- 熊手くまでrake, fork, bamboo rake
- 熊蜂くまばちJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans), wasp, hornet, yellow jacket
- 熊笹くまざさkuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo
- 熊猫くまねこくまねこの漢字表記。panda
- 熊虫くまむしtardigrade, water bear
- 熊鼠くまねずみblack rat (Rattus rattus), roof rat
- 熊羆ゆうひbear
- 熊蟻くまありJapanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)
- 熊鷹くまたかくまたか の漢字表記。Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis), mountain hawk-eagle
- 熊蝉くまぜみCryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
- 熊樫くまがしlarge evergreen oak
- 熊襲くまそKumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu), Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture)
- 熊掌ゆうしょう熊の手のひら。また、その肉。食材の一つ。bear paw (meat treasured in ancient China), bear's palm
- 熊柳くまやなぎBerchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
- 熊葛くまつづらcommon vervain (Verbena officinalis), common verbena
- 熊蕨くまわらびDryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)
- 熊肉くまにく熊の肉。bear meat
- 熊本くまもと熊本県の略。 熊本県にある地名。熊本市。 くまもとの漢字表記。Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
- 熊鍋くまなべbear meat hotpot
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-10-4- Four Corner
2133.1- Spahn–Hadamitzky
4d10.6- Heisig
- 2159
- Nelson
- 2791