玉

See also 王, and 主

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Alternative forms

• 王 (when used as a Chinese Radical)

Etymology

radical 'yi' (one, representing heaven) atop radical 'tu' (earth) with a 'drop' (single stroke) means 'heaven's essence on earth'

Han character

玉 (radical 96 玉+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI), four-corner 1010₃)

1. jade, precious stone, gem

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

玉 (jyutping juk6, Yale yuk6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

玉 (POJ nyuk8, Guangdong ngiuk⁸; niuk⁸ [Meixian, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim ngiug6)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

玉 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ぎょく (gyoku), ごく (goku)
• Kun: たま (tama)

Synonyms

• (precious treasure): 宝

Etymology 1

kun'yomi

Noun

玉 (hiragana たま, romaji tama)

1. ball

Etymology 2

on'yomi

Noun

玉 (hiragana ぎょく, romaji gyoku)

1. precious stone
2. a chicken's egg (to be eaten)
3. a stock being traded
4. geisha

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of 玉将

Noun

玉 (hiragana ぎょく, romaji gyoku)

1. king in shogi

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Korean

Hanja

玉
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 옥 (revised: ok, McCune-Reischauer: ok, Yale: ok)

• Name (hangeul): 구슬()

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
玉

Hanzi

玉 (pinyin yù (yu4), Wade-Giles yü⁴)

Noun

玉 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yù)

1. jade

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Middle Chinese

Han character

玉 (*ngiok)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

玉 (POJ gio̍k)

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Vietnamese

Han character

玉 (ngọc)