The kanji 熊: meaning, readings and stroke order

熊

Meaning: bear
On reading: —
Kun reading: くま kuma
Strokes: 14
Radical: 火 fire
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con gấu (hùng)
Japanese: くま。
Korean: 곰 (웅)
Chinese: 熊

Readings, words and example sentences

くま kuma · kun reading

熊くま本もと
Kumamoto Prefecture
熊くま本もとは九州にある県です。
Kumamoto is a prefecture in Kyushu.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.