The kanji 球: meaning, readings and stroke order
球
- Meaning
- ball
- On reading
- キュウ kyuu
- Kun reading
- たま tama
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 玉 jade, king
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quả bóng, hình cầu (cầu)
- Japanese
- たま。まるい もの。
- Korean
- 공 (구)
- Chinese
- 球
Readings, words and example sentences
キュウ kyuu · on reading
野球
baseball
兄は 野球が 上手です。
My big brother is good at baseball.
たま tama · kun reading · less common
球
ball, pitch
投手が 速い 球を 投げます。
The pitcher throws a fast ball.
Practise writing 球 in the app
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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.