Jisho

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Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 阮咸 【ゲンカン】 ruanxian (4 or 5-stringed Chinese lute), ruan
  • 阮朝 【ゲンチョウ】 Nguyen dynasty (Vietnam; 1802-1945)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruan3
Korean:
wan, weon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

41569 Morohashi
6426 New Nelson (John Haig)
2d4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
7121.1 Four corner code
1-79-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
962e Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
sound of jewels
On:
レイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 玲瓏 【レイロウ】 clear, translucent, brilliant, sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 白玲 【ハクレイ】 Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi)

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 あきら、 あき、 りょう、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • joya perfectamente clara
  • sonido de joyas
  • belleza límpida

Portuguese

French

2928 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1995 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
835 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20888 Morohashi
910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3626 New Nelson (John Haig)
2568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
1813.7 Four corner code
1-46-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
73b2 Unicode hex code

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 (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