熊

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熊

Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 3.2.3 Usage notes 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 4.1.1 Synonyms 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

熊 (radical 86 火+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈心火 (IPF), four-corner 2133₁)

1. a bear
2. brilliant
3. bright
4. used as a surname

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 679, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1090, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2227, character 5
• Unihan data for U+718A

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

熊 (Yale hung4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

熊 (hiragana くま, katakana クマ, romaji kuma)

1. (animal) bear
2. (slang) bear, otter, a hairy man, especially one who is gay

[edit] Kanji

熊 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. bear

[edit] Readings

• On: ゆう (yū)
• Kun: くま (kuma)

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Usage notes

熊 is included in a planned expansion of the general use Jōyō kanji by the Japanese government.

• The Japan Times (October 21, 2009). Get set for next year's overhaul of joyo kanji. Accessed February 23, 2010.

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

熊 (hangeul 웅, revised ung, McCune-Reischauer ung, Yale wung)

1. (곰 웅, gom ung): bear

[edit] Synonyms

• 羆 (말곰 비, malgom bi) brown bear, horse bear

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

熊 (pinyin xióng (xiong2), Wade-Giles hsiung²)

[edit] Compounds

• 熊包
• 熊胆
• 熊猫
• 熊瞎子
• 熊心豹胆
• 熊熊
• 熊样儿
• 熊掌
• 熊狸

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

熊 (hùng)