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熊 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「灬」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「灬」
On
ユウゆう · yū
Kun
くまkuma
Meaning
bear

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally 能 meant 'bear'; 灬 (fire) was added beneath. It refers to the animal 'bear.'

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Kunくまkuma熊くま

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 熊本くまもと

    Kumamoto (place)

  • 白熊しろくま

    polar bear

More words with this kanji

  • 熊くま

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山(やま)で大(おお)きな熊(くま)を見(み)ました。

I saw a big bear in the mountains.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

熊本白熊熊本book白white然so無nothin…照shine点dot為do勇courag…又furthe…友friend尤reason…右right
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 灬Map of reading ユウAll maps

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