玉

See also: 王, 𤣩, and 主

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Stroke order (Japan)

Alternative forms

• 𤣩 (When used as a radical component)

Han character

玉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI), four-corner 1010₃, composition ⿱一圡 or ⿷王丶)

1. Kangxi radical #96, ⽟.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №6

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/玉
• 𠇤, 𠰧, 𡊩, 𡛼, 𤤴, 鈺 (钰)

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		玉
alternative forms		𤣩 𠀛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 玉
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)	Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script	Ming typeface

Characters in the same phonetic series (玉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
珏	*kŋroːɡ
砡	*ŋuɡ
匤	*kʰoɡ
玉	*ŋoɡ
鳿	*ŋoɡ
頊	*ŋoɡ, *hŋoɡ

The character's shape was historically very similar to 王; a dot was introduced to differentiate the two.

Pictogram (象形) : a picture of a cong (琮), a sort of ritual jade totem.

It is also interpreted as three pieces of jade strung together on a string.

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 玉

1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
2. precious stone; gem
3. pure; beautiful
4. (honorific) your

Synonyms

• (jade): (Min Nan) 玉仔

Hyponyms

• (jade): 瓊／琼 (qióng) (precious jade, esp. red jade)

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

玉

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. gem, jewel
2. beauty, elegance
3. euphemistic term related to an Emperor of Japan
4. euphemistic term related to a partner
5. geisha

Readings

• Go-on: ごく (goku)
• Kan-on: ぎょく (gyoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: たま (tama, 玉, Jōyō)
• Nanori: おく (oku); きよ (kiyo); ひかる (hikaru)

Compounds

Compounds

• 玉(ぎょく)音(いん) (gyokuin)
• 玉(ぎょく)条(じょう) (gyokujō)
• 玉(ぎょく)楼(ろう) (gyokurō)
• 玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玉
たま Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Alternative forms

• 球, 珠
• (bullet): 弾
• (gem): 璧

Counter

玉(たま) • (-tama) 

1. counter for ramen and udon for one person

See also

• 枚(まい) (mai): counter for zaru soba
• 杯(はい) (hai): counter for noodles in bowls
• 束(たば) (taba): counter for set of dried noodles

Noun

玉(たま) • (tama) 

1. any spherical or similarly-rounded object:
   1. a ball
   2. a orb
   3. a sphere
   4. a bead of an abacus
   5. lens

      Synonym: レンズ (renzu)

   6. a bullet
   7. an egg, especially of a chicken

      Synonyms: 鶏卵 (keiran); 卵, 玉子 (tamago)

2. a gem, jewel
3. an object of value
4. a female entertainer (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
5. (colloquial) Short for 金玉 (kintama): testicles

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 霊(たま),　魂(たま) (tama, “soul, spirit”)
• 玉章(たまずさ) (tamazusa)
• 玉(たま)の緒(お) (tama no o)
• 一円(いちえん)玉(だま) (ichien-dama)
• 掻(か)き玉(たま) (kakitama)
• 金玉(きんたま) (kintama)
• 薬玉(くすだま) (kusudama)
• 五円(ごえん)玉(だま) (goen-dama)
• 五十円(ごじゅうえん)玉(だま) (gojūen-dama)
• 五(ご)百(ひゃく)円(えん)玉(だま) (gohyakuen-dama)
• 十円(じゅうえん)玉(だま) (jūen-dama)
• 射干(ぬば)玉(たま) (nubatama)
• 百(ひゃく)円(えん)玉(だま) (hyakuen-dama)
• 曲玉(まがたま), 勾玉(まがたま) (magatama)
• 藻(モ)玉(ダマ) (modama, “St. Thomas bean”)

Prefix

玉(たま) • (tama-) 

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Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玉垣(たまがき) (tamagaki)
• 玉(たま)櫛(くし)笥(げ),　玉(たま)匣(くしげ) (tamakushige)
• 玉(たま)砂利(じゃり) (tamajari)
• 玉(たま)襷(だすき) (tamadasuki)
• 玉(たま)藻(も) (tamamo)

Proper noun

玉(たま) • (Tama) 

1. a place name
2. a female given name

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 玉 (MC ngjowk).

Noun

玉(ぎょく) • (gyoku) 

1. a gem, jewel
2. generic name for jadeite or nephrite
3. chicken eggs used as food, especially as a topping for sushi

   Synonym: 鶏卵 (keiran)

4. a stock being traded
5. Short for 建て玉 (tategyoku): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
6. a geisha

   Synonym: 芸者 (geisha)

7. Short for 玉代 (gyokudai): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 玉(ぎょく)音(おん) (gyokuon)
• 玉(ぎょく)将(しょう) (gyokushō)
• 玉(ぎょく)代(だい) (gyokudai)
• 玉(ぎょく)露(ろ) (gyokuro)
• 半玉(はんぎょく) (hangyoku)

Idioms

• 玉(ぎょく)を吞(の)む (gyoku o nomu)

Etymology 3

Noun

玉(ぎょく) • (gyoku) 

1. (shogi) king

Derived terms

• 入(にゅう)玉(ぎょく) (nyūgyoku)

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Korean

Hanja

玉 (eumhun 구슬 옥 (guseul ok))

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Compounds

• 玉編

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 玉 (ngọc)

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