熊

bear

14 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 1105.

Readings

• くま (kun reading): 熊 (くま) bear (any mammal of family Ursidae); 熊本 (くまもと) Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
• ユウ (on reading): 熊胆 (ゆうたん) dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine); 熊羆 (ゆうひ) bear

Components

• 能
• 灬
• 匕 radical spoon
• 厶 radical private
• 月 radical moon; flesh
• ⺣ radical fire, bottom form of 火

Kanji containing 熊

• 羆 brown bear

Words using 熊

• 熊 (くま) bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
• 熊本 (くまもと) Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
• 熊本大学 (くまもとだいがく) Kumamoto University
• 穴熊 (あなぐま) badger
• 熊本県 (くまもとけん) Kumamoto Prefecture (Kyūshū)
• 熊胆 (ゆうたん) dried bear's gallbladder (used as a medicine)
• 熊羆 (ゆうひ) bear
• 熊掌 (ゆうしょう) bear paw (meat treasured in ancient China)
• 熊害 (ゆうがい) damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
• 小熊星 (しょうゆうせい) Little Bear
• 熊野権現 (ゆやごんげん) kami of the three main Kumano shrines

58 words in all.

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