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玉 — jewel, ball, gem

たま玉 jewel

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 5 strokes

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

Meanings

jewel
ball
gem

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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).

玉(たま) tama ball 目(め) 玉(だま) medama eyeball 水(みず) 玉(たま) mizutama water drop 玉(たま) 子(ご) tamago egg 埼(さい) 玉(たま) saitama Saitama (prefecture)

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Components

Composed of

おう王 king

丶 dot

Used as component in (4)

くに国 country たから宝 treasure ぺき璧 sphere じ璽 emperor's seal

Indicative compound (指事). 王 (king) with a dot (丶) distinguishing jewel from ruler. A gem — what a king possesses.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#96 玉 jade hen 王 left

玉 — jewel, ball, gem

Meanings

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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (4)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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玉 — jewel, ball, gem

Meanings

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).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (4)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

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).