玉

• 𤣩 (When used as a radical component)

玉 (radical 96, 玉+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI), four-corner 1010₃, composition ⿱一圡 or ⿷王丶)

1. Kangxi radical #96, ⽟.
2. Shuōwén Jiězì radical №6

• Index:Chinese radical/玉
• 𠇤, 𠰧, 𡊩, 𡛼, 𤤴, 鈺 (钰)

• KangXi: page 726, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20821
• Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1100, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7389

Historical forms of the character 玉
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

The character's shape was historically very similar to 王; a dot was introduced to differentiate the two.

Pictogram (象形) : a picture of a cong (琮), a sort of ritual jade totem.

It is also interpreted as three pieces of jade strung together on a string.

玉

1. jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
2. precious stone; gem
3. pure; beautiful
4. (honorific) your

• (jade): 瓊／琼 (qióng) (precious jade, esp. red jade)

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. gem, jewel
2. beauty, elegance
3. euphemistic term related to an Emperor of Japan
4. euphemistic term related to a partner
5. geisha

• Go-on: ごく (goku)
• Kan-on: ぎょく (gyoku, Jōyō)
• Kun: たま (tama, 玉, Jōyō)
• Nanori: おく (oku); きよ (kiyo); ひかる (hikaru)

From Old Japanese.

• 球, 珠
• (bullet): 弾
• (gem): 璧

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) たま​ [tàmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠]

玉 (hiragana たま, rōmaji tama)

1. any spherical or similarly-rounded object:
   1. a ball
   2. a orb
   3. a sphere
   4. a bead of an abacus
   5. lens

      Synonym: レンズ (renzu)

   6. a bullet
   7. an egg, especially of a chicken

      Synonyms: 鶏卵 (keiran); 卵, 玉子 (tamago)

2. a gem, jewel
3. an object of value
4. a female entertainer (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
5. (colloquial) Short for 金玉 (kintama): testicles

玉 (hiragana たま, rōmaji tama-)

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玉 (hiragana たま, rōmaji Tama)

1. a place name
2. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 玉 (MC ŋɨok̚).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ぎょく [gyòkú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2] ​
  • (Tokyo) ぎょ​く [gyóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2] (a stock being traded)
  • IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

玉 (hiragana ぎょく, rōmaji gyoku)

1. a gem, jewel
2. generic name for jadeite or nephrite
3. chicken eggs used as food, especially as a topping for sushi

   Synonym: 鶏卵 (keiran)

4. a stock being traded
5. Short for 建て玉 (tategyoku): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
6. a geisha

   Synonym: 芸者 (geisha)

7. Short for 玉代 (gyokudai): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

• 玉 (ぎょく)を吞 (の)む (gyoku o nomu)

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) ぎょ​く [gyóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

玉 (hiragana ぎょく, rōmaji gyoku)

1. (shogi) Short for 玉将 (gyokushō).: the "jeweled king" that indicates the first player to move at the beginning

   Antonym: 王 (ō)

• 入 (にゅう)玉 (ぎょく) (nyūgyoku)

玉 (eumhun 구슬 옥 (guseul ok))

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• 玉編

玉 (ngọc)

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