IDENTITY
球qiúball; sphere
HSK 1Top 350
CORE MEANING
ball; sphere
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.ballHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 王jade radical (wáng)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰王求
- jade (precious round stone)
- gives the sound qiú
USAGE
Common words
足球zúqiúfootball
篮球lánqiúbasketball
打球dǎqiúto play ball
Graded examples
他篮球打得很好。Tā lánqiú dǎ de hěn hǎo.HSK2
He plays basketball very well.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A precious jade (王) sphere to be begged (求) for — the ball.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #350
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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