Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

鞠: ball

JLPT N117 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

革 carries the meaning · 匊 is drawn in

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

まりmari · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 鞠まりball (for sport, games, etc.)
  • 手鞠てまりtraditional Japanese handball (game)
  • 蹴鞠けまりkemari

Also read キク, キュウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stretch it tight! Imagine a tough piece of animal hide being carefully prepared by a master tanner.”
More in the 革 leather story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
革

Also built on leather (革)

All 1
匊

Also built on 匊

Also read キク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read キュウ

28 kanji share this on'yomiAll 28
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jū

Same form: 鞠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
鞠 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
鞠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jū 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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