珠

Translingual

Han character

珠 (radical 96 玉+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一土竹十木 (MGHJD), four-corner 1519₀, composition ⿰𤣩朱)

1. precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl
2. bead

References

• KangXi: page 730, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20956
• Dae Jaweon: page 1142, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1111, character 7
• Unihan data for U+73E0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

珠 (Yale jyu1)

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Japanese

Kanji

珠 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: たま (tama)

Compounds

• 真珠 (しんじゅ, shinju, “pearl”)

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Korean

Hanja

珠
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 주 (revised: ju, McCune-Reischauer: chu, Yale: cwu)

• Name (hangeul): 구슬()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

珠 (pinyin zhū (zhu1), Wade-Giles chu¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

珠 (châu, thậm, chau)