熊 — bear | MojiMori

くま熊 bear

くま

U+718A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1105 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2159 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

bear

Readings

On'yomi: ゆう yuu
Kun'yomi: くま kuma

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くま kuma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

熊(くま) kuma bear 熊(くま) 本(もと) kumamoto Kumamoto (city/prefecture) 熊(くま) 谷(がや) kumagaya Kumagaya (place name)

Words by frequency and grade

3 words

Each dot is a word containing 熊: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

のう能 ability

灬 fire dots

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#86 火 fire