| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
737 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- og
Spanish
- joya
- esfera
- bola
- pelota
Portuguese
- jóia
- bola
- gota
French
- bijoux
- balle
- boule
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1713 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 苗 【ミャオ】 Miao (people), Hmong
- 苗裔 【ビョウエイ】 descendant
- 種苗 【シュビョウ】 seeds and seedlings, eggs and hatchlings, (fish) eggs and fry
- 育苗 【イクビョウ】 raising seedlings
- 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
- 苗字帯刀 【ミョウジタイトウ】 the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period)
- 豆苗 【トウミョウ】 pea sprouts
Kun reading compounds
- 苗 【なえ】 seedling, young plant, rice seedling
- 苗木 【なえぎ】 seedling, sapling, young tree
- 早苗 【さなえ】 rice seedling
- 花苗 【はななえ】 flower seedling
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ねい、 のら、 みう、 みつ
- Korean:
- myo
Spanish
- siembra
- plantón
- retoño
- vástago
Portuguese
- Muda (planta)
- broto
French
- plant
- jeune arbre
- bourgeon
| 1740 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1767 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3923 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1287 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1698 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 685 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1468 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1565 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1837 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 649 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2781 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1426 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1924 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 239 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 30781P | Morohashi |
| 2237 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5004 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 234 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 249 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1215 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1976 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 4460.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 82d7 | Unicode hex code |