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熊

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • bear

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ユウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • くま
Strokes
14
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#829
School Grade
Grade 4
Radical
火#86 · fire

Components

Common Words

  • 熊手くまでNounrake, fork, bamboo rake
  • 熊蜂くまばちNounJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
  • 熊笹くまざさNounkuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii), Veitch's bamboo
  • 熊猫くまねこNounpanda
  • 熊虫くまむしNountardigrade, water bear
  • 熊鼠くまねずみNounblack rat (Rattus rattus), roof rat
  • 熊羆ゆうひNounbear, valiant person
  • 熊蟻くまありNounJapanese carpenter ant (Camponotus japonicus)

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 熊 by hand (opens in new tab)

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