14 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

bear

Kun'yomi
  • bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
On'yomi
  • ユウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

くま 100.0%
ユウ 0.0%

Character Breakdown

bear
くま ユウ (11th, N1)
ability, talent, skill
ノウ よし の (5th, N3)
a small worm, larvae of mosquitoes, empty
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ さじ (Kentei 1)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ

Contained In

Common Words

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
bear meat hotpot
Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Ursa Major (constellation)
Ursa Minor (constellation)
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References

Unicode hex code 718A
JIS X 0208 1-23-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2791
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3468
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2848
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3530
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1823
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2479
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2003
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2159
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1148
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2410
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1987
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 19294
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2149
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 389
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 2022
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4d10.6
Four corner code 2233.1
De Roo Code 2740