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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

JLPT level: N1

2431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: burr, ball

Kunyomi: いが, まり

Onyomi: キュウ

Composition: 毛 求

毬

Radical

Radical: 毛

Meaning: fur, hair

Reading: け

Frequency: 211

毛

Examples

Onyomi Examples

球果 (キュウカ) cone, strobile, strobilus

打毬 (ダキュウ) dakyū, polo-like game

Kunyomi Examples

毬 (いが) burr (e.g. chestnut), bur, cupule, case

毬栗 (いがぐり) chestnut in its burr

鞠 (まり) ball (for sport, games, etc.), kemari, type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

毬投げ (まりなげ) playing catch

手毬 (てまり) traditional Japanese handball game

大手毬 (おおでまり) Japanese snowball, Viburnum plicatum

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