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毬: ball

ball; burr (chestnut)
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Readings

On
キュウ
Kun
いが・まり

Alone it can be まり (ball) or いが (chestnut burr, as in 毬栗). The on-reading キュウ appears in 毬果.

Key words

毬栗いがぐりchestnut in its burr
手毬てまりtraditional handball
毬藻まりもmarimo algae ball
毬果きゅうかcone (pine)
毬いがchestnut burr

Example sentences

On an autumn mountain path, I found several chestnut burrs on the ground.

At New Year's, Grandma taught me how to play with a temari ball.

When pine cones dry out, the scales open and the seeds fly out.

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