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玉 kanji
jewel, ball
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ギョク
Kun readings
たまたま--だま
Words with 玉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —攻玉cultivating knowledge and virtue; jewel polishing
- —藍玉aquamarine
- —玉輪moon
- —居玉playing with one's king in its original starting position; sitting king
- —黄碧玉yellow jasper; beryl
- —黄玉石topaz
- —緑玉石emerald
- —白玉楼celestial tower where poets, artists, etc. were said to go in the afterlife
- —売り玉short interest; short account
- —玉整理liquidation of speculative accounts
- —玉音盤recording disc (of the Imperial surrender message)
- —血玉髄bloodstone
- —愛玉子Ficus pumila var. awkeotsang (variety of climbing fig)
- —緑玉髄chrysoprase
- —見せ玉layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market)
- —金玉糖traditional Japanese summer candy
- —紅玉髄carnelian
- —玉滴石hyalite; water opal; Müller's glass
- —玉石混交mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; mixture of precious gems and common rocks
- —金科玉条golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)