球

See also: 毬

Translingual

Han character

球 (radical 96 玉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈十水 (MGIJE), four-corner 1313₂, composition ⿰⺩求)

1. ball, sphere, globe, orb
2. round

References

• KangXi: page 732, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21011
• Dae Jaweon: page 1144, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1114, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7403

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): kiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'iu²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû
    • Tâi-lô: kiû
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³/

Noun

球

1. ball, sphere, globe, orb

Adjective

球

1. round

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Japanese

Kanji

球

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ぐ (gu)
• Kan’on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: たま (tama)

Etymology 1

Noun

球 (hiragana きゅう, romaji kyū)

1. sphere; globe; orb
2. (baseball) pitch

Etymology 2

Noun

球 (hiragana たま, romaji tama)

1. ball
2. bulb

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Korean

Hanja

球 (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune-Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

球 (cầu)

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