玉 — jewel, ball, gem
たま
玉
jewel
たま
U+7389
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #737
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #256
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #96 · 王
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Meanings
- jewel
- ball
- gem
Readings
- On'yomi
- ぎょく gyoku
- Kun'yomi
- たま tama だま dama
word
たま ・だま tama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
12 wordsEach dot is a word containing 玉: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 10 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Used as component in (4)
Indicative compound (指事). 王 (king) with a dot (丶) distinguishing jewel from ruler. A gem — what a king possesses.