Chinese

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jade rock; stone; 10 pecks
simp. and trad.
(玉石)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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玉石

  1. jade stone
  2. (figurative) good and bad people (or things)

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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玉石

  1. () Yushi (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ぎょく
Grade: 1
せき
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 玉石 (MC ngjowk dzyek).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ぎょく)(せき) (gyokusekiぎよくせき (gyokuseki)?

  1. wheat and chaff, the good and the bad

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
たま
Grade: 1
いし
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 玉石 – see the following entry.
たまいし
[noun] round stone
(This term, 玉石, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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玉石 (okseok) (hangeul 옥석)

  1. Hanja form? of 옥석 (jade).

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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玉石

  1. chữ Hán form of ngọc thạch (jade).