Entry
  1. Noun

    small bear; bear cub

    「私は森の中に小熊を探しに行くつもりはない」と兄がいった。
    "I am not going into the forest after bear cubs," said the elder brother.

Also written 子熊【こぐま】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bear

Kun
くま
On
ユウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1105 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (25)
CodeReference
2-10-4SKIP code
4d10.6The Kanji Dictionary
2233.1, 2133.1Four corner code
2740deroo
718aUnicode hex code
1-23-07JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2791Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3468New Nelson (John Haig)
2848New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3530Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1823Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2479Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2159Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1148A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2410Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1987Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19294Morohashi
2149Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
389Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2022Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiong2Pinyin reading
ungKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level