17 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

ball

Kun'yomi
  • ball (for sport, games, etc.) ②kemari
On'yomi
  • キク
  • キュウ
Nanori
  • まい

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

まり 100.0%

Character Breakdown

ball
まり キク キュウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
leather, skin, reform
カク かわ (6th, N2)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
handful
キク コク むす.ぶ
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ つつ.む (Kentei 1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Common Words

ball (for sport, games, etc.) ②kemari
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References

Unicode hex code 97A0
JIS X 0208 1-21-39
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5101
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6589
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2268
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1173
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1602
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2787
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2808
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2664
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 42892
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2262
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6b11.6
Four corner code 4752.0