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

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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

19 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
Variants:

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On reading compounds

  • 璽 【ジ】 emperor's seal
  • 璽書 【ジショ】 document with the emperor's seal
  • 霊璽 【レイジ】 something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead, imperial seal
  • 国璽 【コクジ】 great seal, seal of state

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
sae, sa

Spanish

  • sello imperial

Portuguese

  • selo imperial

French

  • sceau impérial
1329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2019 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
71 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1866 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1537 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2860 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1887 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2057 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1947 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1314 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3624 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1506 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21309 Morohashi
2911 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3683 New Nelson (John Haig)
2075 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1916 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
4f14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-5 SKIP code
1010.3 Four corner code
1-28-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74bd Unicode hex code