Kanji1 / 11
球 kanji
ball, sphere
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウ
Kun readings
たま
Words with 球
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3球Popularsphere; globe; ball; bulb; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
- N3地球PopularEarth; the globe
- N2電球Popularlight bulb
- N1眼球eyeball
- N1球根(plant) bulb
- —気球Popularballoon (hot-air, weather, etc.); blimp
- —球技Popularball game (e.g. baseball, tennis, soccer)
- —球菌Popularcoccus
- —球場Popularbaseball stadium; ballpark
- —球団Popularbaseball team
- —四球Popularbase on balls; walk; pass
- —死球Popularpitch that hits the batter
- —制球Popular(pitcher's) control
- —卓球Populartable tennis; ping-pong
- —庭球Populartennis
- —投球Popularpitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
- —野球Popularbaseball
- —直球Popularstraight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
- —飛球Popularfly (ball)
- —速球Popularfastball