きゅう

See also: ぎゅう

Japanese

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

【九】1	[numeral] 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 (kyū), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as きゅう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きゅう.)