鞠

鞠 — ball

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 17
Taught in: Name kanji (jinmeiyō)

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きく kiku

きゅう kyuu
Kun'yomi: まり mari

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 鞠

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

鞠まり ball (for sport, games, etc.) JLPT N1