Kiokun Logo
毬
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

anything

HSK 10 N1
Objects →Tools →Weapons
qiú
キュウ
いが、まり
구
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
毬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
毬 [qiú]
ball
Japanese
毬 、 梂 いが 同音
noun botany usually kana burr (e.g. chestnut); bur; cupule; case
毬 、 梂 かさ 同音
noun botany usually kana cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
鞠 、 毬 、 球 (irreg.) まり 同音

noun

  1. ball (for sport, games, etc.)
  2. kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
毬 まり
Mari female given name
JAPANESE WORDS (23)
⭐ 球 [きゅう] #5,657
sphere
鞠 [まり] #31,546
ball (for sport, games, etc.)
手毬 [てまり] #70,434
traditional Japanese handball game
松ぼっくり [まつぼっくり] #79,045
pinecone
毬 [いが] #79,501
burr (e.g. chestnut)
ゴム鞠 [ゴムまり] #89,560
rubber ball
松かさ [まつかさ] #108,789
pinecone
毬藻 [まりも] #116,423
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila)
毬栗 [いがぐり] #119,371
chestnut in its burr
いがぐり頭 [いがぐりあたま] #126,641
close-cropped head
13 more items