きゅう

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See also: ぎゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きゅう – see the following entries.
1
nine
nine
: an indeterminate large number, a myriad, a great many
(divination) the number of yang, in opposition to (roku, six) as the number of yin
Alternative spelling
1
rest; vacation
2
(rare) a bow
(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 (shaku), roughly six feet or 182 centimeters
(obsolete) in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight (shaku), roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters
3
sudden
immediate, rapid
3
rank
(school) a class
(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
3
a palace
(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
Short for 宮刑: literally “palace punishment”, this consisted of castration for men and sequestration in the palace for women
(astronomy, astrology) a zodiac sign or house, defined as one-twelfth of the circle of the ecliptic
3
sphere, globe, orb
(baseball) pitch
(slang, electronics) vacuum tube, valve
5
old things, original state, former state, old times
the old calendar based on a lunar system
paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former
J
moxibustion
J
synonym of (oi)
J
pigeon, dove
(by extension) gather together (from the way that pigeons flock together)
(This term, きゅう, 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.)

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