Entry
  1. Noun

    grains; lumps; drops; beads; pulp

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Suru verb

    grainy; bumpy; coarse; bubbly; foamy; lumpy

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 粒粒【つぶつぶ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

grains, drop, counter for tiny particles

Kun
つぶ
On
リュウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1635 of 2500
Radical
rice
WaniKani
Level 44

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-6-5SKIP code
6b5.1The Kanji Dictionary
9091.8Four corner code
1073deroo
7c92Unicode hex code
1-46-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3471Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4392New Nelson (John Haig)
1328New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1682Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1213Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
922Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
990Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1525A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1389Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1654Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26884Morohashi
1900A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1700Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
805Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1471Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1558Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1498Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
931Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
li4Pinyin reading
ribKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level