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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

737 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: jewel, ball

Kunyomi: たま, たま-, -だま

Onyomi: ギョク

Composition: 王

玉

Radical

Radical: 玉

Reading: たま

Meaning: jade (king)

Strokes: 5

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Examples

Examples with audio

玉座(ぎょくざ)   throne

玉石混淆(ぎょくせきこんこう)   mixture of wheat and chaff

玉(たま)   ball, jewel

玉子(たまご)   egg

玉葱(たまねぎ)   onion

水玉模様(みずたまもよう)   polka dots

目玉(めだま)   eyeball

鉄砲玉(てっぽうだま)   bullet

十円玉(じゅうえんだま)   10 yen coin

Onyomi Examples

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

Kunyomi Examples

玉 (たま) ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pitch (e.g. in baseball), 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, a ... in the making, future (lawyer, doctor, etc.), budding ..., 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

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