究 — research, study

きゅう究 research

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+7A76 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #368 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1417 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

research
study

word

きゅう kyuu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

研(けん) 究(きゅう) kenkyuu research 研(けん) 究(きゅう) 所(じょ) kenkyuujo research institute 究(きゅう) 明(めい) kyuumei investigation 究(きゅう) 極(きょく) kyuukyoku ultimate 探(たん) 究(きゅう) tankyuu inquiry

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

あな穴 hole #116

きゅう九 nine

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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.

#116 穴 cave