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鞠

鞠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

形声。「米」 + 声符「（⿰革勹）」。本義は｛麹｜こうじ｝。仮借して（けまり）を表す。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ball

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キク
  • キュウ
Kun (native)
  • まり
Nanori (used in names)
  • まい
Other languages
  • 拼音ju2
  • 拼音ju1
  • 한글gug
  • Hán-ViệtCúc

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
革(かくのかわ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+97A0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰革匊

Words using this kanji

  • 鞠まりball (for sport, games, etc.), kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
  • 鞠問きくもんquestioning (someone) about a crime, interrogation
  • 鞠躬如きっきゅうじょかしこまって身をかがめる様。 卑屈に接する様。deferential, humble, reverent, respectful

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-8
Four Corner
4752.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6b11.6
Heisig
2808
Nelson
5101