玉

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

radical 'yi' (one, representing heaven) atop radical 'tu' (earth) with a 'drop' (single stroke) means 'heaven's essence on earth'

[edit] Han character

玉 (radical 96 玉+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI), four-corner 1010₃)

1. jade, precious stone, gem

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 726, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20821
• Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1100, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7389

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

玉 (jyutping juk6, Yale yuk6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

玉 (grade 1 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: ぎょく (gyoku), ごく (goku)
• Kun: たま (tama)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

玉
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 옥 (revised: ok, McCune-Reischauer: ok, Yale: ok)

• Name (hangeul): 구슬()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

玉 (pinyin yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü⁴)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

玉 (*ngiok)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

玉 (ngọc)