漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
究: research, study
JLPT N47 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
穴 carries the meaning · 九 gives the sound
7 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キュウkyuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 究極きゅうきょくultimate
- 研究するけんきゅうするresearch [v.t.]
- 追究するついきゅうするinvestigate thoroughly
- 探究するたんきゅうするsearch [v.t.]
- 研究けんきゅう
- 究明きゅうめいinvestigation (esp. in academic and…
- 探究たんきゅう
きわめるkiwameru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 究めるきわめるmaster
Also read ク, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)穴 cave (meaning) + 九 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 究 (rev. 92201253), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hole + nine (九) = like exploring a cave to its ninth (final) depth to find the truth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
九
Also built on nine (九)
究 takes the 九 family's reading, キュウ (kyuu).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side究 research · 九
vs突 stab · 大In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiū
Same form: 究 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 究 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 究 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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