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:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: fur, hair

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キュウカ (pine) cone

ダキュウ dakyū, polo-like game

Kunyomi Examples

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

いがぐり chestnut in its burr

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

投げ まりなげ playing catch

てまり traditional Japanese handball game

大手 おおでまり Japanese snowball, Viburnum plicatum