球
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ball used for playing games (variant of 球[qiu2])
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 2
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 玉 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 球
- Common rank
- #165
- Unicode
- U+7403
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Formation & memory
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Words with 球
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打球 | to play ball; to play with a ball | |
| 中国地球物理学会 | Chinese Geophysical Society | |
| 地球化学 | geochemistry | |
| 地球物理学 | geophysics | |
| 发球区 | teeing ground (golf) | |
| 地球物理 | geophysics | |
| 大球 | sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball that use large balls; see also 小球[xiao3 q… | |
| 人球 | person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child … | |
| 地球科学 | earth science | |
| 水球 | water polo | |
| 三分球 | (basketball) three-point shot | |
| 头球 | (soccer) header | |
| 地球 | the earth | |
| 空心球 | hollow ball; (basketball) swish shot | |
| 天球 | celestial sphere | |
| 马球 | polo | |
| 小球 | sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls; see also 大球[da4 qiu2] | |
| 球会 | (HK) ball sports club (soccer, basketball etc) | |
| 手球 | handball (the game or the ball itself); handball (a foul in soccer) | |
| 球手 | (ball sports) player |
Sound family
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