漢字城 Kanji Fortress

究 investigate

On'yomi
キュウ
Kun'yomi
きわ-める
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 3

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): きわ-める.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
究 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

You crawl into a cave and count nine tunnels branching off it — to find out where they go, you have to investigate every one.

A common word

  • 研究 けんきゅう research

Example sentences

  • あにはだいがくでけんきゅうをしています。

    My older brother does research at a university.

  • このびょうきについては、まだけんきゅうがすすんでいない。

    Research on this illness hasn't progressed much yet.

Kanji that share a part

穴 is its radical.

  • 空 sky
  • 窓 window
  • 突 stab N3
  • 窒 nitrogen N2
  • 窃 steal N1
  • 窟 cave N1
  • 窯 kiln N1
  • 窮 poverty N1

九 is a component.

  • 丸 circle
  • 雑 miscellaneous N3
  • 染 dye N2
  • 尻 buttocks N1
  • 旭 rising Sun N1
  • 軌 track N1
  • 鳩 pigeon N1