CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qiu2
- English meanings
- ball
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 王; right 求.
Meaning & sound clues
王 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “jade”.
求 is identified as the sound component (qiú). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 球.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
hill; mound
prisoner; imprison
try
autumn; fall
Example sentences
Read the Chinese sentence, then check its English translation.
- 01
I'm playing basketball.
- 02
The ball fell into the water.
- 03
He passed the ball to me.
- 04
This ball is very big.
- 05
Children like playing with balls.
- 06
The ball flew over the wall.
Related words
Explore words connected to this character.
- 乒乓球
- 全球
- 台球
- 地球
- 打球
- 排球
- 月球
- 棒球
- 气球
- 热气球
- 环球
- 球员
- 球场
- 球拍
- 球星
- 球迷
- 球队
- 球鞋
- 皮球
- 篮球
- 网球
- 羽毛球
- 足球
- 高尔夫球