熊 — kanji meaning “bear”
熊
bear
- Meanings
- bear
- On'yomi
- ユウ (yuu)
- Kun'yomi
- くま
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1105 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 86
- Chinese reading
- xióng — Chinese character page
Words with 熊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 熊本 | くまもと kumamoto | Kumamoto (city, prefecture) |
| 熊手 | くまで kumade | rake; fork; bamboo rake |
| 穴熊 | あなぐま anaguma | badger |
| 白熊 | しろくま shirokuma | polar bear (Ursus maritimus) |
| 小熊 | こぐま koguma | small bear; bear cub |
| 白熊 | はぐま haguma | yak tail hair |
| 熊本大学 | くまもとだいがく kumamotodaigaku | Kumamoto University |
| 熊谷組 | くまがいぐみ kumagaigumi | Kumagai Gumi |
| 熊笹 | くまざさ kumazasa | kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo |
| 北極熊 | ほっきょくぐま hokkyokuguma | polar bear (Ursus maritimus) |
| 黒熊 | くろくま kurokuma | black bear |
| 黒熊 | こぐま koguma | black yak's tail |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.