Kanji

鞠

Meaning

ball

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • まり ball (for sport, games, etc.)
  • て まり traditional Japanese handball game
  • ごむ まり rubber ball

On'yomi

  • きく もん questioning (someone) about a crime
  • すい きく investigating (e.g. a criminal)
  • きゅう

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/17

Related Entries

鞠 まり
ball (for sport, games, etc.),...

Component Analysis

鞠
ball
まり, キク, キュウ
革
leather, skin, reform...
かわ, カク
廿
twenty
にじゅう, ジュウ, ニュウ
十
ten
とお, と, ジュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
匊
handful
むす.ぶ, すく.う, キク
勹
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
つつ.む, ホウ
丿
katakana no radical (no. 4)
えい, よう, ヘツ
米
rice, USA, metre
こめ, よね, ベイ

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