Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
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On reading compounds

  • 璧 【ヘキ】 bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)
  • 圭璧 【ケイヘキ】 ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China
  • 双璧 【ソウヘキ】 (two) matchless things, (two) matchless people, pair of bright jewels

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

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
byeog

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2969 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2782 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1588 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3608 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21269 Morohashi
3679 New Nelson (John Haig)
1617 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-5 SKIP code
7010.3 Four corner code
1-64-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74a7 Unicode hex code