Entry
  1. Noun

    junk ball (pitch); off-speed pitch

    Baseball

  2. unexpected move; unorthodox measure

  3. statement, request, etc. with an ulterior motive

Also written 曲球【くせだま】クセ球【クセだま】くせ球【くせだま】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mannerism, habit, vice, trait, fault, kink

Kun
くせくせ.に
On
ヘキ
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1973 of 2500
Radical
sickness
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
3-5-13SKIP code
5i13.2The Kanji Dictionary
0014.1Four corner code
555deroo
7656Unicode hex code
1-42-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3082Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3848New Nelson (John Haig)
3290New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4080Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2069Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2805Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1691Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1826Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1903A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1702Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
22550Morohashi
1781A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1490Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1589Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1895Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1364Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1358Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1707Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pi3, pi4Pinyin reading
byeogKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ball, sphere

Kun
たま
On
キュウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
302 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-4-7SKIP code
4f7.2The Kanji Dictionary
1313.2Four corner code
3142deroo
7403Unicode hex code
1-21-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2941Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3643New Nelson (John Haig)
969New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
935Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1359Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
845Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21011Morohashi
257A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
726Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188sakade
736Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
275henshall3
370Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
935Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.7busy_people
1319Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
944Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qiu2Pinyin reading
guKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level