鞠 – ball

17 strokesJinmeiyō (names)N1 vocabulary

The kanji 鞠 means ball. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キク、キュウ (kiku, kyuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まり (mari). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 革 (no. 177).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キク	kiku
On’yomi	キュウ	kyuu
Kun’yomi	まり	mari

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 革 (Kangxi radical 177). Components: 革・米・勹.

Words using 鞠

鞠まりball (for sport, games, etc.)

Kanji with the same radical

革靴

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