Kanji Detail for 鞠 - "ball, to interrogate, to nurture"

鞠

Jinmeiyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
鞠 means "ball, to interrogate, to nurture."
1. Ball - A leather ball; kemari (kickball).
2. To bend - To bow; to curve the body.
3. To interrogate - To question a criminal; to investigate.
4. To nurture - To raise; to bring up.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

ball

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

bow, bend; rear, raise, nourish

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Ju

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

The leather ball used in games today. Kicking a ball was anciently called 蹋鞠 or 蹙鞠. | To nourish. The Book of Odes says: "Mother nourished me." | To bend. As in 鞠躬 (bowing) in ceremonies. | Same as 菊. The Book of Rites says: "Chrysanthemums have yellow flowers."
Onyomi

kiku(キク)

kyuu(キュウ)
Kunyomi

mari(まり)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

革 (kawahen・kakunokawa・tsukurigawa)
Related Keywords
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