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
- —球審umpire-in-chief; plate umpire
- —球体sphere; globe; orb; ball
- —曲球curveball
- —結球head (of cabbage, lettuce, etc.); forming a head; coming to a head
- —血球blood cell
- —硬球hard ball; regulation ball
- —剛球fast, heavy ball; fastball
- —蹴球football (soccer, rugby, American football, etc.; esp. soccer)
- —天球celestial sphere; the heavens
- —半球hemisphere
- —捕球catch
- —魔球miracle ball; magic ball
- —球面spherical surface; sphere
- —匍球ground ball; grounder
- —落球failing to catch a ball; dropping a ball; flubbing a catch
- —返球return throw (esp. from an outfielder); returning the ball (in tennis, volleyball, etc.)
- —撞球billiards
- —水球water polo
- —緩球slow ball; slow pitch
- —球宴baseball all-star game