Hanja Analyzer
玉

玉 — ok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
구슬 옥
Romanization
ok
English
jade, precious stone, gem
Mandarin
yù
Japanese on'yomi
ギョク, ゴク
Japanese kun'yomi
たま たま- -だま
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#737 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
玉 (96, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+7389

Korean example words with 玉

  • 옥수玉水 Korean gloss: 맑은 샘물
  • 옥음玉音 Korean gloss: 임금의 음성
  • 옥등玉燈 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 등
  • 옥병玉甁 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 병
  • 옥가玉駕 Korean gloss: 임금이 타는 가마
  • 옥잔玉盞 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 술잔
  • 옥잠玉簪 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 비녀
  • 옥패玉佩 Korean gloss: 옥으로 만든 패물
  • 옥수玉手 Korean gloss: 여성의 아름답고 고운 손
  • 빙옥氷玉 Korean gloss: 얼음과 옥을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 주옥珠玉 Korean gloss: 구슬과 옥을 아울러 이르는 말
  • 옥서玉書 Korean gloss: 상대편의 편지를 높여 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 玉

  • 玉たま ball; sphere; globe
  • 目玉めだま eyeball; special feature; centerpiece
  • 替え玉かえだま stand-in; proxy; substitute
  • お年玉おとしだま New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
  • 玉虫色たまむしいろ iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous
  • 悪玉あくだま bad character; bad person; villain
  • 目玉商品めだましょうひん bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods
  • 善玉ぜんだま good person; good guy; character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)
  • 火の玉ひのたま fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp
  • 手玉てだま beanbags; jackstones; cueball
  • 珠玉しゅぎょく jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.)
  • 玉砕ぎょくさい honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat

Other hanja read “옥”

Other hanja with radical 玉

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