玉 — kanji meaning “jewel”
玉
jewel, ball
- Meanings
- jewel, ball
- On'yomi
- ギョク (gyoku)
- Kun'yomi
- たま、たま-、-だま
- Name readings
- おう、だん
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #737 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 96
- Chinese reading
- yù — Chinese character page
Words with 玉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目玉 | めだま medama | eyeball |
| お年玉 | おとしだま otoshidama | New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors) |
| 埼玉 | さいたま saitama | Saitama (city, prefecture) |
| 替え玉 | かえだま kaedama | stand-in; proxy; substitute |
| 水玉 | みずたま mizutama | drop of water |
| 玉砕 | ぎょくさい gyokusai | honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat |
| 珠玉 | しゅぎょく shugyoku | jewel; gem |
| 悪玉 | あくだま akudama | bad character; bad person; villain |
| 玉ねぎ | たまねぎ tamanegi | onion (Allium cepa) |
| 火の玉 | ひのたま hinotama | fireball; ball of fire |
| 玉虫色 | たまむしいろ tamamushiiro | iridescent colour |
| 手玉 | てだま tedama | beanbags; jackstones; cueball |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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