Moto 熊: BearKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ユウ
- Kun'yomi
- くま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 87 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ユウ)
- 熊掌ゆうしょうbear's palm (meat treasured in Ancient China)
- 熊羆ゆうひbear; valiant person
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 熊くまbear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
- 熊手くまでrake; fork
- 穴熊あなぐまbadger
- アメリカ熊アメリカぐまAmerican black bear (Ursus americanus)
- アメリカ穴熊アメリカあなぐまAmerican badger (Taxidea taxus)
- アメリカ黒熊アメリカくろくまAmerican black bear (Ursus americanus)
- ヒマラヤ熊ヒマラヤぐまHimalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus); Asiatic black bear
- マレー熊マレーぐまsun bear (Helarctos malayanus); Malayan bear
- 三つ熊みつぐまmother bear with two cubs
- 北極熊ほっきょくぐまpolar bear (Ursus maritimus)
- 大熊座おおぐまざUrsa Major (constellation)
- 子守熊こもりぐまkoala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
- 子熊こぐまsmall bear; bear cub
- 小熊こぐまsmall bear; bear cub
- 小熊のプーさんこぐまのプーさんWinnie the Pooh
- 小熊座こぐまざUrsa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear
- 月の輪熊つきのわぐまAsian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
- 欲の熊鷹股裂くよくのくまたかまたさくavarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all
- 母熊ははぐまmother bear
- 洗い熊あらいぐまcommon raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 洞窟熊ほらあなぐまcave bear (extinct, Ursus spelaeus)
- 灰色熊はいいろぐまgrizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
- 熊さん八つあんくまさんはっつあんthe average Joe; the man in the street
- 熊の子貝くまのこがいChlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
- 熊の実くまのみclownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
- 熊ん蜂くまんばちJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
- 熊之実くまのみclownfish (Amphiprioninae spp., esp. the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii); anemone fish
- 熊公八公くまこうはちこうthe average Joe; your average nice guy
- 熊四手くましでJapanese hornbeam (Carpinus japonica)
- 熊手婆くまでばばmidwife
- 熊手性くまでしょうgreediness; avariciousness
- 熊曾くまそKumaso (ancient Japanese people resident to southern Kyushu)
- 熊本くまもとKumamoto (city, prefecture)
- 熊本県くまもとけんKumamoto prefecture (Kyushu)
- 熊柳くまやなぎBerchemia racemosa (species of flowering plant related to buckthorn)
- 熊樫くまがしlarge evergreen oak
- 熊狩りくまがりbear hunting
- 熊猫くまねこpanda
- 熊祭くままつりAinu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
- 熊祭りくままつりAinu bear-sacrifice festival; Iomante
- 熊笹くまざさkuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
- 熊肉くまにくbear meat
- 熊葛くまつづらcommon vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
- 熊蕨くまわらびDryopteris lacera (species of wood fern)
- 熊虫くまむしwater bear; tardigrades
- 熊蜂くまばちJapanese carpenter bee (Xylocopa appendiculata circumvolans)
- 熊蝉くまぜみCryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)
Other readings
- 懶熊なまけぐまsloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
- 日本穴熊にほんあなぐまJapanese badger (Meles meles anakuma)
- 月輪熊つきのわぐまAsian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear
- 朝熊黄楊あさまつげJapanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)
- 洗熊あらいぐまcommon raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 浣熊あらいぐまcommon raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- 熊さん八っつあんくまさんはっつあんthe average Joe; the man in the street
- 熊の胆くまのいbear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
- 熊啄木鳥くまげらblack woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
- 熊胆くまのいbear's gall (used as medicine for the stomach); bear's bile
- 熊葛科クマツヅラかVerbenaceae; vervain family of plants
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