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熊

Bear
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingユウ
Kun readingくま

Meanings

  1. bearRtK
  1. bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

Synonyms

ベア

Radicals and components

Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ability · elbow · moon (月) · month (月) · flesh (月) · part of the body (月) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · oven-fire (灬) · barbecue (灬)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2159

Compound words

彼は小熊を連れ去り、振り返らずに山を駆け上がった。
He took her cubs, and ran up the mountain without looking back.tatoeba
彼は熊が現れたとき必死で走った。
He ran for his life when the bear appeared.tatoeba
突然熊が私たちの前にあらわれた。
Suddenly a bear appeared before us.tatoeba
突然の熊の出現に子供たちは死んだふりをした。
At the sudden appearance of a bear, the kids made believe they were dead.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Bear. 能 (a drawing of a bear) + 灬 (paws) — a bear.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 熊

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