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玉 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「玉」

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10Elementary year 1 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「玉」
On
ギョクぎょく · gyoku
Kun
たまtama
Meaning
ball, jewel

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STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Beads strung on a cord; a dot sets it apart from 王 (king).

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onギョクぎょくgyoku玉座ぎょくざ玉石ぎょくせき宝玉ほうぎょく
Kunたまtama玉たま目玉めだま

Compare: 球・弾

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 玉たま

    ball

  • 目玉めだま

    eyeball

More words with this kanji

  • 埼玉県さいたまけん
  • 珠玉しゅぎょく
  • 繭玉まゆだま
  • 玉串たまぐし
  • 玉瑛ぎょくえい
  • 玉葱たまねぎ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

あかい 玉(たま)です。

It is a red ball.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

目玉玉目eye王king玫a fine…瑇the ha…瑩to pol…璇a fine…嶷wise…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Reading

Map of radical 玉Map of reading ギョクAll maps

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