Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
王 (オウ, -ノウ, おお, おおきみ, わ) – king; rule; magnate
玉 (ギョク, たま, たま-, -だま, おう, だん) – jewel; ball

Henshall Mnemonic: seek spherical jewel

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #302 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N3 Words

• 地球   [ちきゅう]
  (adj-no,n) the earth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 球   [きゅう]
  (n) globe; sphere; ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 電球   [でんきゅう]
  (n) light bulb   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 球菌   [きゅうきん]
  (n) coccus   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 球場   [きゅうじょう]
  (n) baseball stadium   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 球団   [きゅうだん]
  (n) baseball team   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 白血球   [はっけっきゅう]
  (n) leucocyte; white blood cell   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 死球   [しきゅう]
  (n) hit a batter by pitching a ball (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 制球   [せいきゅう]
  (n) (pitcher's) control (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 送球   [そうきゅう]
  (n) throwing a ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 配球   [はいきゅう]
  (n) mixing of pitches   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 野球   [やきゅう]
  (n) baseball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 速球   [そっきゅう]
  (n) fastball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 変化球   [へんかきゅう]
  (n) ball with a change of speed (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 初球   [しょきゅう]
  (n) pitcher's first pitch (to batter)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 直球   [ちょくきゅう]
  (n) straight ball (pitch)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 飛球   [ひきゅう]
  (n) fly (ball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 打球   [だきゅう]
  (n) batting; batted ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• プロ野球   [プロやきゅう]
  (n) professional baseball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 卓球   [たっきゅう]
  (n) table tennis; ping-pong   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地球儀   [ちきゅうぎ]
  (n) globe (map)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 地球上   [ちきゅうじょう]
  (adj-no) on the earth   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 四球   [しきゅう]
  (n) four balls; base on balls (baseball); a walk   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 投球   [とうきゅう]
  (n,vs) pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 四死球   [ししきゅう]
  (n) four dead balls (baseball)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 気球   [ききゅう]
  (n) balloon   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 庭球   [ていきゅう]
  (n) tennis   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 球威   [きゅうい]
  (n) (pitcher's) stuff   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 球 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.