Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 4 freq #1105

bear

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

fire hi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

badger
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
hair tied with red yak's tail hair
yak hair dyed red; red hair
black yak's tail
bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)
kami of the three main Kumano shrines
yak tail hair

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
rake; fork
greediness; avariciousness
common vervain (Verbena officinalis); common verbena
midwife
mother bear with two cubs
Kumamoto Prefectural Police (abbr)
crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus); Oriental honey buzzard
Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)

Example sentences

He ran for his life when the bear appeared.

Suddenly a bear appeared before us.

Badgers dig deep holes.