球 — kanji meaning “ball”
球
ball, sphere
- Meanings
- ball, sphere
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)
- Kun'yomi
- たま
- Name readings
- く
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #302 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 96
- Chinese reading
- qiú — Chinese character page
Words with 球
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 球団 | きゅうだん kyuudan | baseball team |
| 卓球 | たっきゅう takkyuu | table tennis; ping-pong |
| 電球 | でんきゅう denkyuu | light bulb |
| 球場 | きゅうじょう kyuujou | baseball stadium; ballpark |
| 投球 | とうきゅう toukyuu | pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket) |
| 四球 | しきゅう shikyuu | base on balls; walk; pass |
| 直球 | ちょっきゅう chokkyuu | straight ball (pitch) |
| 打球 | だきゅう dakyuu | hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball |
| 変化球 | へんかきゅう henkakyuu | breaking ball (pitch); curve ball; screwball |
| 地球儀 | ちきゅうぎ chikyuugi | Earth globe (model); terrestrial globe |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.