Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
jewel, ball
Kun:
たまたま--だま
On:
ギョク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
737 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玉 【ギョク】 precious stone (esp. jade), egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping), stock or security being traded, product being bought or sold, position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer), geisha, time charge for a geisha, king (of the junior player)
  • 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
  • 珠玉 【シュギョク】 jewel, gem, gem (of a story, essay, etc.), accomplished work, beautiful piece
  • 居玉 【イギョク】 playing with one's king in its original starting position, sitting king

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
  • 埼玉 【さいたま】 Saitama (city, prefecture)
  • 勾玉 【まがたま】 magatama, comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

Readings

Japanese names:
おう、 だん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • joya
  • esfera
  • bola
  • pelota

Portuguese

  • jóia
  • bola
  • gota

French

  • bijoux
  • balle
  • boule
64 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
102 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
610 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
103 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
732 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
204 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
295 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1313 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4289 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
262 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20821 Morohashi
3477 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3620 New Nelson (John Haig)
256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
272 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
1010.3 Four corner code
1-22-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7389 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
Kun:
すなわ.ちなんじ
On:
ナイダイアイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乃至 【ナイシ】 from ... to, between ... and, or
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 乃公出でずんば 【ダイコウイデズンバ】 what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes?
  • 乃 【ノ】 's, of, belonging to

Kun reading compounds

  • 乃 【の】 's, of, belonging to
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ、 お、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nai3
Korean:
nae

Spanish

  • de (partícula posesiva)
  • qué hora

Portuguese

French

  • enclitique "no"
  • de
  • a la suite de quoi
  • par conséquence
1960 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
145 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1962 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2003 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3643 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2535 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
693 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
113 Morohashi
2927 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
42 New Nelson (John Haig)
686 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3545 2001 Kanji
0a2.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-1 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
3-2-1 SKIP code
1722.7 Four corner code
1-39-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e43 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
pure
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1629 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
  • 淳久堂 【ジュンクドウ】 Junkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 あつし、 きよ、 きよし、 まこと、 すなお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • grueso
  • espeso
  • puro

Portuguese

French

2590 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1947 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
626 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
378 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
472 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17690 Morohashi
514 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3189 New Nelson (John Haig)
2318 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2410 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 2001 Kanji
3a7.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
3014.7 Four corner code
1-29-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df3 Unicode hex code