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熊

JLPT N1 SL4 14 strokes Frequency: #1105

Meanings

Bear

Radicals

灬

Decomposition

⿱能灬

Etymology

Ideographic: A bear's 能 footprints 灬

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 14

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

4 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

5 horizontal bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 diagonal right-to-left

8 curve right-to-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

11 dot bottom-to-top

12 dot bottom-to-top

13 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

14 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ユウ yuu

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くま kuma

Words Using This Kanji

73 words total

Other (20 words)

熊手くまで

rake

熊本県くまもとけん

Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)

穴熊あなぐま

badger

小熊のプーさんこぐまのプーさん

Winnie the Pooh

北極熊ほっきょくぐま

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

黒熊くろくま

black bear

洗い熊あらいぐま

common raccoon (Procyon lotor)

鼻熊はなぐま

coati

月の輪熊つきのわぐま

Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus)

熊狩りくまがり

bear hunting

熊祭りくままつり

Ainu bear-sacrifice festival

白熊しろくま

polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

熊の胆くまのい

dried bear's gallbladder (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

熊笹くまざさ

kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii)

アメリカ熊アメリカぐま

American black bear (Ursus americanus)

灰色熊はいいろぐま

grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)

熊猫くまねこ

panda

小熊こぐま

small bear

熊送りくまおくり

bear-sacrifice ceremony

熊くま

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

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