Kanji
熊
kanji character
bear
熊 kanji-熊 bear
熊
Meaning
bear
Readings
Kun'yomi
- くま bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
- くま で rake
- くま ばち Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
On'yomi
- ゆう ひ bear
- ゆう しょう bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)
- ゆう がい damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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熊 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae) -
熊 手 rake, fork, bamboo rake -
白 熊 yak tail hair -
穴 熊 badger, Eurasian badger (Meles meles), anaguma castle (defensive opening) -
熊 蜂 Japanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans), wasp, hornet... -
熊 祭 Ainu bear-sacrifice festival, Iomante -
熊 笹 kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo -
熊 のいdried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine) -
熊 猫 panda -
熊 送 bear-sacrifice ceremony, ritual killing of a bear -
熊 虫 tardigrade, water bear -
熊 鼠 black rat (Rattus rattus), roof rat -
熊 羆 bear, valiant person -
熊 蟻 Japanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus) -
熊 鷹 Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis), mountain hawk-eagle -
熊 蝉 Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada) -
熊 樫 large evergreen oak -
熊 襲 Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu), Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) -
熊 曽 Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu), Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) -
熊 曾 Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu), Kumaso (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture) -
熊 掌 bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China) -
熊 柳 Berchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn) -
熊 葛 common vervain (Verbena officinalis), common verbena -
熊 蕨 Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern) -
熊 肉 bear meat -
熊 本 Kumamoto (city, prefecture) -
熊 鍋 bear meat hotpot -
熊 鈴 bear bell -
熊 害 damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans) -
熊 胆 dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine)