Ball in Chinese (Mandarin): 球 (qiú)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 球

• 球

  Ball. 王 on the left is a form of 玉 (jade).

  11 strokes

Second tone, rising. Many sports end in 球: 足球 (zúqiú) is soccer and 篮球 (lánqiú) is basketball.

More examples with 球

• 我们去踢球吧。

  我們去踢球吧。

  Wǒmen qù tī qiú ba.

  Let's go play soccer.

• 球是圆的。

  球是圓的。

  Qiú shì yuán de.

  The ball is round.

How to write 球 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.