毬 — kanji meaning “burr”
毬
burr, ball
- Meanings
- burr, ball
- On'yomi
- キュウ (kyuu)
- Kun'yomi
- いが、まり
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 9
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2431 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 82
- Chinese reading
- qiú
Words with 毬
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 手毬 | てまり temari | traditional Japanese handball (game) |
| 毬藻 | まりも marimo | marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball |
| 小手毬 | こでまり kodemari | Reeve's spirea (Spiraea cantoniensis); May bush |
| 毬投げ | まりなげ marinage | playing catch |
| 毬栗 | いがぐり igaguri | chestnut in its burr |
| 手毬花 | てまりばな temaribana | temaribana; Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum) |
| 松毬魚 | まつかさうお matsukasauo | Japanese pinecone fish (Monocentris japonica) |
| 金葉手毬 | きんばでまり kinbademari | Viburnum plicatum var. plicatum |
| 大手毬 | おおでまり oodemari | Japanese snowball; Viburnum plicatum |
| 松毬貝 | まつかさがい matsukasagai | Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel) |
| 打毬 | だきゅう dakyuu | dakyū; polo-like game |
| 毬栗蟹 | いがぐりがに igagurigani | Paralomis histrix (species of king crab); porcupine crab |
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