きゅう

See also: ぎゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きゅう – see the following entries.

【九】1	[number] nine [noun] nine [noun] 究: an indeterminate large number, a myriad, a great many [noun] (divination) the number of yang, in opposition to 六 (roku, “six”) as the number of yin Alternative spelling 究
【休】1	[noun] rest; vacation
【弓】2	[noun] (rare) a bow [noun] (obsolete) in ancient Chinese archery, a unit of length for measuring the distance between the archer and the target; one kyū was equal to six 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 182 centimeters [noun] (obsolete) in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight 尺 (shaku), roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters
【急】3	[adjective] sudden [adjective] immediate, rapid
【級】3	[noun] rank [noun] (school) a class [noun] (typography) a unit equal to 1 H (ha) and 0.25 mm, abbreviated as Q, which happens to be the initial of English quarter; Q is used for font size, while ha is used for spacing Alternative spelling Q
【宮】3	[noun] a palace [noun] (traditional music of China and Japan) the keynote or tonic of a musical scale, such as do in the do re mi scale notation of solfège [noun] Short for 宮刑: literally “palace punishment”, this consisted of castration for men and sequestration in the palace for women [noun] (astronomy, astrology) a zodiac sign or house, defined as one-twelfth of the circle of the ecliptic
【球】3	[noun] sphere, globe, orb [noun] (baseball) pitch [noun] (slang, electronics) vacuum tube, valve
【旧】5	[noun] old things, original state, former state, old times [noun] the old calendar based on a lunar system [prefix] paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former
【灸】J	[noun] moxibustion
【笈】J	[noun] Synonym of 笈 (oi)
【鳩】J	[affix] pigeon, dove [affix] (by extension) gather together (from the way that pigeons flock together)

(This term, きゅう, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.
For a list of all kanji read as きゅう, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きゅう.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 究, 求, 泣, 給, 久, 救, 吸, 扱, 亀, 及, 丘, 朽, 臼, 糾, 嗅, 窮, 脅, 臭, 厩, 柾, 毬, 汲, 玖, 穹, 赳, 仇, 咎, 邱, 柩, 躬, 舅, 區, 岌, 廏, 恷, 摎, 樛, 歙, 疚, 糺, 繆, 翕, 舊, 苙, 蚯, 裘, 逑, 韭, 馗, 驅, 鬮, 龜, 伋, 极, 璆, 虬, 䦰, 丩, 俅, 坵, 庥, 桕, 梂, 糗, 虯, 鵂, 鼽, 㐜.)

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