The kanji 玉: meaning, readings and stroke order

玉

Meaning: jewel, ball
On reading: ギョク gyoku
Kun reading: たま tama
Strokes: 5
Radical: 玉 jade, king
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: viên ngọc, quả bóng (ngọc)
Japanese: たま。ボール。
Korean: 구슬, 공 (옥)
Chinese: 珠子、球

Readings, words and example sentences

ギョク gyoku · on reading · less common

玉ぎょく座ざ
throne
王さまの 玉ぎょく座ざが見えます。
I can see the king's throne.

たま tama · kun reading

玉たま
ball, bead
白い 玉たまが五つあります。
There are five white balls.
お年とし玉だま
New Year money gift
お年玉おとしだまで本を一さつかいました。
I bought a book with my New Year money.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.