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

18 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
cocoon
Kun:
まゆきぬ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2495 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絹糸 【キヌイト】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk
  • 繭価 【マユカ】 price of a cocoon
  • 黄繭 【コウケン】 yellow cocoon
  • 収繭 【シュウケン】 cocoon crop

Kun reading compounds

  • 繭 【まゆ】 cocoon
  • 繭価 【まゆか】 price of a cocoon
  • 黄繭 【こうけん】 yellow cocoon
  • 屑繭 【くずまゆ】 waste cocoon (silk), bad cocoon, damaged cocoon
  • 絹糸 【きぬいと】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • capullo
  • gusano de seda

Portuguese

  • casulo

French

  • cocon
1223 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2013 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4087 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1700 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1651 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2896 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1911 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2086 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1946 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3023 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2107 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1898 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27944X Morohashi
2380 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4595 New Nelson (John Haig)
1880 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2025 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1901 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1953 2001 Kanji
3k15.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
3-5-13 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-43-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e6d Unicode hex code