きゅう

See also: ぎゅう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きゅう – see the following entries.

【九】1	nine nine 究: an indeterminate large number, a myriad, a great many (divination) the number of yang, in opposition to 六 (roku, “six”) as the number of yin Alternative spelling 究

【休】1	rest; vacation

【弓】2

(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 尺 (shaku), roughly six feet or 182 centimeters

(obsolete) in ancient China, a unit of length for surveying land; one kyū was equal to eight 尺 (shaku), roughly eight feet or 242 centimeters

【急】3	sudden immediate, rapid

【級】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

【宮】3

(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

【球】3	sphere, globe, orb (baseball) pitch (slang, electronics) vacuum tube, valve

【旧】5	old things, original state, former state, old times the old calendar based on a lunar system paleo-, ex-, old, previous, former

【灸】J	moxibustion

【笈】J	synonym of 笈 (oi)

【鳩】J	pigeon, dove (by extension) gather together (from the way that pigeons flock together)

(This term, きゅう (kyū), 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.)