Meanings

jade, jewel, ball, sphere

Radicals

玉

Decomposition

⿻王丶

Etymology

Ideographic: A necklace 丨 adorned with three pieces of jade

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ギョク gyoku

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

たま tama

だま dama

Words Using This Kanji

246 words total

たま (3 words)

玉藻たまも

tama mo / jewel-like seaweed

玉菜たまな

cabbage

そうはイカの金玉そうはイカのきんたま

No way / Not a chance / Impossible

だま (3 words)

目玉めだま

eyeball / eye / centerpiece

雪玉ゆきだま

snowball

半玉はんだま

half a portion / half-size serving / half of a geisha's fee

Other (240 words)

ball

onion (Allium cepa)

iceberg lettuce

ball-tightening (e.g. when riding downwards on a roller coaster)

お玉おたま

ladle

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