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See also: 王, 𤣩, 主, and 玊

玉	U+7389, 玉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7389

← 玈
[U+7388]

CJK Unified Ideographs Category:CJK Unified Ideographs block#*0000029577

玊 →
[U+738A]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Category:Character boxes with images#*0000012127

⽟	U+2F5F, ⽟ KANGXI RADICAL JADE

← ⽞
[U+2F5E]

Kangxi Radicals Category:Kangxi Radicals block#*0000012127

⽠ →
[U+2F60]

Category:Han script characters#%20

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Chinese)

Stroke order (Japan)

Alternative forms

𤣩 (When used as a radical component)

Han character

See images of
Radical 96 玉

Category:Han character radicals#%20

玉Category:Translingual lemmas#玉00玉 Category:Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#玉00玉 Category:Translingual symbols#玉00玉 Category:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#玉00玉 Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#玉00玉 Category:Pages with entries#玉 Category:Pages with 5 entries#玉 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+0, 5 strokes, Cangjie input 一土戈 (MGI), four-corner 1010₃, composition ⿱一圡 or ⿷王丶)

Category:Han char with multiple ids Category:Han script characters#玉00玉 Category:Translingual Han characters with definition lines#玉

Kangxi radical #96, ⽟.
Category:Shuowen radicals#玉00 Category:Translingual terms with redundant sortkeys#玉00Shuowen Jiezi radical number 6.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/玉
𠇤, 鿑, 𠰧, 𡊩, 𡛼, 𢫛, 𫞂, 𪸛, 砡, 𥩨, 𬗈, 𧉣, 䞝, 𧿷, 𨋔, 𣔣, 鈺(钰), 𩊇, 𩚽, 𩢤, 𪌞
𨚝, 𩿱(𬸃), 𡘇, 宝, 𪰑, 莹, 𬔵, 𧟪, 𦻒, 𩆜, 𮭳, 閠, 㓘, 匤, 国

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 726, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20821
Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 6
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1100, character 1
Unihan data for U+7389

Chinese

simp. and trad.		玉
alternative forms		王𤣩𠀛

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 玉
Shang		Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)	Libian (compiled in Qing)	Kangxi Dictionary (compiled in Qing)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts	Clerical script	Ming typeface

Characters in the same phonetic series (玉) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
珏	*kŋroːɡ
砡	*ŋuɡ
匤	*kʰoɡ
玉	*ŋoɡ
鳿	*ŋoɡ
頊	ŋoɡ, hŋoɡ

The character's shape was historically very similar to 王; a dot was introduced to differentiate the two.

Pictogram (象形)Category:Han pictograms#玉00: a picture of a cong (琮), a sort of ritual jade totem.

It is also interpreted as three pieces of jade strung together on a string.

It is also used as a simplification of 或.

Etymology

STEDT compares it to Proto-Sino-Tibetan Category:Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#玉00 Category:Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan#玉00 *r-lu(ŋ/k) (“stone”), which is also compared to 琭 (OC *roːɡ, “a kind of precious stone”) and 碭 (OC *l'aːŋ, *l'aːŋs, “brilliant veined stone”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yù (yu⁴Category:Mandarin links with redundant target parameters#玉)

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu⁴ / yu²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yǔ

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): yū

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йү (yü, I)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): juk⁶ / juk^6-2

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): juk⁸

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nguuk⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): y⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ngiu̍k

(Hailu, HRS): ngiug^ˋ

(Meixian, Guangdong): ngiug⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): y³
Northern Min (KCR): ngṳ̀
Eastern Min (BUC): nguŏh / ngṳ̆k
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeh⁷ / gyoeh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ge̍k / gia̍k / gio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): ghêg⁸

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yiog⁴
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): njoek⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁸gnioq / ⁸gniuq / ⁸yoq
- (Jinhua): ⁸gnioq
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): rou⁶ / y⁴

(Loudi, Wiktionary): y⁴

(Hengyang, Wiktionary): y⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yù
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yù
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴
  - Yale: yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yu⁴ / yu²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y / y
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹³/, /y²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: yǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: yū
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁴⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йү (yü, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: juk⁶ / juk^6-2
  - Yale: yuhk / yúk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: juk⁹ / juk^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yug⁶ / yug^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊk̚²/, /jʊk̚²⁻³⁵/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: juk⁸
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /zʊk̚²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nguuk⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡɵk̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: y⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiu̍k
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiug
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯uk̚⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngiug^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋiuk²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: ngiug⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋiʊk̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: y³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ngṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋy⁴²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nguŏh / ngṳ̆k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuoʔ⁵/, /ŋyʔ⁵/

Note:

nguŏh - vernacular;
ngṳ̆k - literary.

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: goeh⁷
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ge̤̍h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gyoeh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøʔ⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gek
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giak
  - Sinological IPA (Hui'an): /ɡiak̚²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Hui'an, Changtai, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: gio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: giok
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangpu): /ɡiɔk̚¹⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Penang): /ɡiɔk̚⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɡiɔk̚²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Changtai): /ɡiɔk̚³/
  - Sinological IPA (Nan'an, Hui'an): /ɡiɔk̚²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɔk̚¹²¹/

Note:

ge̍k/gia̍k - vernacular;
gio̍k - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ghêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ge̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɡek̚⁴/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: yiog⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ziɔk̚⁵/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: njoek⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɲøk̚²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gnioq
  - MiniDict: nyoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵nyioq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioʔ¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /n̠ʲioʔ¹²/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /n̠ʲioʔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦn̠ʲyoʔ²/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲioʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /n̠ʲioʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /n̠ʲioʔ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /n̠ʲioʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /n̠ʲioʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /n̠ʲyoʔ¹²/
- (Northern: Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gniuq
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /n̠ʲyɐʔ¹²/
- (Northern: Changzhou, Fuyang)
  - Wugniu: ⁸yoq
  - MiniDict: yoh^入
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɦioʔ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /ɦyoʔ²²/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁸gnioq
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /n̠ʲioʔ²¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: rou⁶ / y⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐəu̯²⁴/, /y⁴⁵/

Note:

rou6 - vernacular;
y4 - literary.

- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: y⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
- (Hengyang)
  - Wiktionary: y⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y²¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 玉
Mandarin	Beijing	/y⁵¹/
	Harbin	/y⁵³/
	Tianjin	/y⁵³/
	Jinan	/y²¹/
	Qingdao	/y⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/y³¹²/
	Xi'an	/y²¹/
	Xining	/y⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/y¹³/
	Lanzhou	/y¹³/
	Ürümqi	/y²¹³/
	Wuhan	/y³⁵/
	Chengdu	/y¹³/
	Guiyang	/i²¹³/
	Kunming	/i²¹²/
	Nanjing	/y⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩ʷ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/y⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/y³⁵/
	Hohhot	/y⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵioʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ȵioʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵioʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ȵo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/y²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/ȵy¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/y⁵⁵/ /ʐəu²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/y⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/y²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋiuk̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ŋiuk̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/jok̚²/
	Nanning	/juk̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/juk̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/giɔk̚⁵/ /gik̚⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ŋuoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ŋy⁴²/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/gek̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zi³³/ /zi³⁵/

Middle Chinese: ngjowk

Rime
Character	玉
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	燭 (8)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚欲切
Baxter	ngjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨok̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiok̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiok̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋuawk̚/
Li Rong	/ŋiok̚/
Wang Li	/ŋĭwok̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wok̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ](r)ok/

(Zhengzhang): /*ŋoɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	玉
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yù
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjowk ›
Old Chinese	/*[ŋ](r)ok/ (< uvular?)
English	jade
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	玉
Reading #	1/1
No.	15971
Phonetic component	玉
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	玉
Old Chinese	/*ŋoɡ/

Definitions

玉Category:Chinese lemmas#玉00 Category:Chinese hanzi#玉00 Category:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#玉00 Category:Pages with entries#玉 Category:Pages with 5 entries#玉

jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)
一塊玉／一块玉 [Cantonese] ― jat¹ faai³ juk^6-2 [Jyutping] ― a piece of jadeCategory:Cantonese terms with usage examples

玉佩 ― yùpèi ― jaden pendantCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations

玉石俱焚 ― yùshíjùfén ― the good and the bad perish together (literally, “jade and stone incinerated together”)Category:Mandarin terms with collocations
- 彼其之子，美如玉。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Bǐ qí zhī zǐ, měi rú yù. [Pinyin]
  That officer,
  Is elegant as a gem.
  Category:Classical Chinese terms with quotations
pure; beautiful
玉容 ― yùróng ― beautiful face (of a woman)Category:Mandarin terms with collocations

亭亭玉立 ― tíngtíngyùlì ― slender and graceful (of a woman)Category:Mandarin terms with collocations

錦衣玉食／锦衣玉食 ― jǐnyīyùshí ― to live a luxurious lifeCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
(honorific Category:Chinese honorific terms#玉00) your
玉照 ― yùzhào ― your photographCategory:Mandarin terms with collocations
(Cantonese Category:Cantonese Chinese#玉00, borrowing) alternative form of 肉
1. used in 玉冰燒
a surname, YuCategory:Chinese surnames#玉00

Synonyms

(jade): (Taiwanese Hokkien) 玉仔

Hyponyms

(jade): 瓊／琼 (qióng, “precious jade, esp. red jade”)

Compounds

不吝珠玉
亭亭玉立 (tíngtíngyùlì)
仙姿玉色
似玉如花
伯雍種玉
佩玉
侯服玉食
倚玉偎香
偎香倚玉
偷香竊玉 / 偷香窃玉 (tōuxiāngqièyù)
冠玉 (guānyù)
冰壺玉尺 / 冰壶玉尺
冰清玉潤 / 冰清玉润
冰清玉潔 / 冰清玉洁 (bīngqīngyùjié)
冰玉
冰肌玉骨
剛玉 / 刚玉 (gāngyù)
古玉
含玉 (hányù)
告珠玉
和闐玉 / 和阗玉
嘉玉
圭玉
埋玉
堆金積玉 / 堆金积玉
如珠似玉
如花似玉
委身玉盤 / 委身玉盘
婷婷玉立
字字珠玉
守身如玉
守身若玉
寒玉
寧當玉碎 / 宁当玉碎
寶玉 / 宝玉 (bǎoyù)
崑山片玉 / 昆山片玉
崑山玉 / 昆山玉
崑玉 / 昆玉 (kūnyù)
弄玉偷香
引玉之磚 / 引玉之砖 (yǐnyùzhīzhuān)
惜玉
惜玉憐香 / 惜玉怜香
惜香憐玉 / 惜香怜玉
愛玉 / 爱玉 (àiyù)
愛玉冰 / 爱玉冰 (àiyùbīng)
憐香惜玉 / 怜香惜玉 (liánxiāngxīyù)
懷珠抱玉 / 怀珠抱玉
戛玉敲冰
戛玉敲金
戛玉鏘金 / 戛玉锵金
才非玉潤 / 才非玉润
拋磚引玉 / 抛砖引玉 (pāozhuānyǐnyù)
披金戴玉
拾玉鐲 / 拾玉镯
振玉
握瑜懷玉 / 握瑜怀玉
揮金霍玉 / 挥金霍玉
摧蘭折玉 / 摧兰折玉
擎天玉柱
擊玉敲金 / 击玉敲金
改步改玉
攻玉
改玉改行
故淹珠玉
敢攀玉趾
敲冰戛玉
新玉
早賜玉音 / 早赐玉音
昆玉 (kūnyù)
晚香玉
朱干玉戚
朱弦玉磬
溫潤如玉 / 温润如玉
溫香豔玉 / 温香艳玉
漢玉 / 汉玉
漱玉
漱玉詞 / 漱玉词
漢白玉 / 汉白玉 (hànbáiyù)
瀛洲玉雨
炊金爨玉
炊金饌玉 / 炊金馔玉
燕玉
燕石為玉 / 燕石为玉
爨桂炊玉
牙籤玉軸 / 牙签玉轴
玄圃積玉 / 玄圃积玉
玄玉
玉井 (Yùjǐng)
玉京
玉人 (yùrén)
玉佩 (yùpèi)
玉佩瓊琚 / 玉佩琼琚
玉倒
玉儀 / 玉仪
玉光 (Yùguāng)
玉兔 (yùtù)
玉冰燒 / 玉冰烧
玉函
玉勒
玉勒雕鞍
玉匣 (yùxiá)
玉卮
玉卮無當 / 玉卮无当
玉參差 / 玉参差
玉友
玉器 (yùqì)
玉堂 (yùtáng)
玉塵 / 玉尘 (yùchén)
玉墀 (yùchí)
玉壘山 / 玉垒山
玉壺 / 玉壶
玉夫
玉天仙
玉天大帝
玉夫座 (Yùfūzuò)
玉女 (yùnǚ)
玉妃 (yùfēi)
玉嬌梨 / 玉娇梨
玉宇 (yùyǔ)
玉容 (yùróng)
玉尺
玉尺量才
玉展
玉屑
玉山 (Yùshān)
玉峰
玉工 (yùgōng)
玉帛 (yùbó)
玉帝 (Yù Dì)
玉帶 / 玉带 (yùdài)
玉帳 / 玉帐
玉弓
玉律金科
玉心
玉成 (yùchéng)
玉戶 / 玉户
玉手 (yùshǒu)
玉手纖纖 / 玉手纤纤
玉振
玉振金聲 / 玉振金声
玉搔頭 / 玉搔头 (yùsāotóu)
玉斗
玉昆金友
玉曆 / 玉历
玉書 / 玉书
玉札
玉杯
玉枝
玉枕
玉枝卜壽 / 玉枝卜寿
玉東西 / 玉东西
玉柏
玉柔
玉枳
玉柱
玉案
玉樓 / 玉楼 (yùlóu)
玉樹 / 玉树 (yùshù)
玉檢 / 玉检
玉步 (yùbù)
玉泉 (Yùquán)
玉海
玉海金山
玉清
玉液 (yùyè)
玉減香消 / 玉减香消
玉溪 (Yùxī)
玉漏
玉潔冰清 / 玉洁冰清
玉潤珠圓 / 玉润珠圆
玉瀣
玉照 (yùzhào)
玉燕投懷 / 玉燕投怀
玉燭 / 玉烛
玉爾其 / 玉尔其 (Yù'ěrqí)
玉版
玉版紙 / 玉版纸
玉牒
玉玦
玉珂
玉珮 / 玉佩 (yùpèi)
玉琯
玉璜
玉環 / 玉环 (yùhuán)
玉璫 / 玉珰
玉璽 / 玉玺 (yùxǐ)
玉田 (Yùtián)
玉皇 (Yùhuáng)
玉盤 / 玉盘 (yùpán)
玉真
玉真子
玉石 (yùshí)
玉石同沉
玉碎 (yùsuì)
玉碎珠沉
玉碎花銷 / 玉碎花销
玉碎香殘 / 玉碎香残
玉碎香消
玉磬
玉磶
玉立
玉立亭亭
玉童
玉笈
玉筍 / 玉笋 (yùsǔn)
玉管
玉篇 (Yùpiān)
玉箸 (yùzhù)
玉簪
玉簫 / 玉箫 (yùxiāo)
玉簡 / 玉简
玉簾 / 玉帘
玉米 (yùmǐ)
玉粒
玉粳
玉精
玉繩 / 玉绳
玉纖 / 玉纤
玉羊
玉翦
玉肌 (yùjī)
玉肌花貌
玉臺 / 玉台
玉臺新詠 / 玉台新咏
玉臺體 / 玉台体
玉色 (yùsè)
玉花驄 / 玉花骢
玉英
玉茭 (yùjiāo)
玉茭子 (y3 jiau2 zeh)Category:Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#玉
玉莖 / 玉茎
玉華 / 玉华 (yùhuá)
玉葉 / 玉叶
玉葉金枝 / 玉叶金枝
玉葉金柯 / 玉叶金柯
玉葉金花 / 玉叶金花
玉蔥 / 玉葱 (yùcōng)
玉蕊
玉藻
玉蘭 / 玉兰 (yùlán)
玉虎
玉虛 / 玉虚
玉虹
玉蛆
玉蜀黍 (yùshǔshǔ)
玉蜻蜓
玉螺
玉蟲 / 玉虫
玉蟬花 / 玉蝉花
玉蟾
玉衡
玉谿生
玉貌
玉貌潘郎
玉貌花容
玉賢 / 玉贤 (Yùxián)
玉質金相 / 玉质金相
玉趾
玉躞
玉軟 / 玉软
玉軟花柔 / 玉软花柔
玉軟香溫 / 玉软香温
玉輅 / 玉辂
玉輪 / 玉轮 (yùlún)
玉輦 / 玉辇 (yùniǎn)
玉郎
玉酒
玉醅
玉醴
玉里 (Yùlǐ)
玉釘 / 玉钉
玉鉤 / 玉钩
玉鉉 / 玉铉 (yùxuàn)
玉鏡 / 玉镜
玉鏡臺 / 玉镜台
玉鐲 / 玉镯
玉鐲記 / 玉镯记
玉門 / 玉门 (yùmén)
玉闕 / 玉阙
玉關 / 玉关
玉陽 / 玉阳 (Yùyáng)
玉階 / 玉阶
玉階怨 / 玉阶怨
玉雪
玉露 (yùlù)
玉面貍 / 玉面狸
玉音 (yùyīn)
玉顏 / 玉颜
玉食
玉食錦衣 / 玉食锦衣
玉餔 / 玉𫗦
玉馬 / 玉马
玉驄 / 玉骢
玉骨冰肌
玉體 / 玉体 (yùtǐ)
玉麈
玉麥 / 玉麦 (Yùmài)
玉龍喀什 / 玉龙喀什 (Yùlóngkāshí)
珠圓玉潤 / 珠圆玉润 (zhūyuányùrùn)
珠殘玉碎 / 珠残玉碎
珠沉玉沒 / 珠沉玉没
珠沉玉碎
珠玉
珠玉之論 / 珠玉之论
珠玉在側 / 珠玉在侧
珠玉在傍
珠落玉盤 / 珠落玉盘
珠輝玉麗 / 珠辉玉丽
琀玉 (hànyù)
琢玉成器
琨玉秋霜 (kūnyùqiūshuāng)
瑞玉
璞玉 (púyù)
瓊堆玉砌 / 琼堆玉砌
瓊枝玉葉 / 琼枝玉叶
瓊林玉質 / 琼林玉质
瓊樓玉宇 / 琼楼玉宇 (qiónglóuyùyǔ)
瓊臺玉宇 / 琼台玉宇
瓊臺玉閣 / 琼台玉阁
瘞玉埋香 / 瘗玉埋香
白如玉
白玉 (báiyù)
盤玉 / 盘玉
硬玉 (yìngyù)
碎玉 (suìyù)
碎瓊亂玉 / 碎琼乱玉
碧玉 (bìyù)
秦良玉
移玉 (yíyù)
種玉 / 种玉
積玉堆金 / 积玉堆金
積玉橋 / 积玉桥 (Jīyùqiáo)
積金累玉 / 积金累玉
竊玉 / 窃玉
竊玉偷香 / 窃玉偷香
粉妝玉琢 / 粉妆玉琢
粉妝玉砌 / 粉妆玉砌 (fěnzhuāngyùqì)
粉裝玉琢 / 粉装玉琢 (fěnzhuāngyùzhuó)
精金良玉
紅玉 / 红玉 (hóngyù)
紫玉釵 / 紫玉钗
紫袍玉帶 / 紫袍玉带
綺年玉貌 / 绮年玉貌
綠玉杖 / 绿玉杖
纖玉 / 纤玉
纖纖玉手 / 纤纤玉手 (xiānxiānyùshǒu)
罐子玉
羊脂玉
美玉 (měiyù)
美衣玉食
翠玉 (cuìyù)
翠玉婚
翠玉白菜
臉欺膩玉 / 脸欺腻玉
良玉精金
花容玉貌
芝蘭玉樹 / 芝兰玉树
苕華玉 / 苕华玉
荊山之玉 / 荆山之玉
葬玉埋香
蒹葭倚玉
藍玉 / 蓝玉
藍田出玉 / 蓝田出玉
藍田玉 / 蓝田玉
藍田生玉 / 蓝田生玉 (lántiánshēngyù)
藍田種玉 / 蓝田种玉
藻玉
蘭摧玉折 / 兰摧玉折
蘭玉 / 兰玉
蘭玉蕭條 / 兰玉萧条
蠅糞點玉 / 蝇粪点玉
衒玉賈石 / 衒玉贾石
被褐懷玉 / 被褐怀玉
解玉砂
豐年玉 / 丰年玉
象箸玉杯 (xiàngzhùyùbēi)
賈寶玉 / 贾宝玉
賢昆玉 / 贤昆玉
軟玉 / 软玉 (ruǎnyù)
軟香溫玉 / 软香温玉
通靈寶玉 / 通灵宝玉
金友玉昆
金口玉言
金枝玉葉 / 金枝玉叶 (jīnzhīyùyè)
金漿玉醴 / 金浆玉醴
金烏玉兔 / 金乌玉兔 (jīnwūyùtù)
金玉 (jīnyù)
金相玉式
金相玉質 / 金相玉质
金科玉律 (jīnkēyùlǜ)
金科玉條 / 金科玉条
金童玉女 (jīntóngyùnǚ)
金縷玉衣 / 金缕玉衣 (jīnlǚyùyī)
金聲玉振 / 金声玉振
金衣玉食
金鏤玉衣 / 金镂玉衣
金鑲玉嵌 / 金镶玉嵌
金風玉露 / 金风玉露
金鰲玉蝀 / 金鳌玉𬟽
錦衣玉食 / 锦衣玉食 (jǐnyīyùshí)
霍小玉
霍小玉傳 / 霍小玉传
青玉
靡衣玉食 (mǐyīyùshí)
韜光韞玉 / 韬光韫玉
韻府群玉 / 韵府群玉
顏如玉 / 颜如玉
食玉炊桂
饌玉 / 馔玉
饌玉炊金 / 馔玉炊金
香嬌玉嫩 / 香娇玉嫩
香消玉損 / 香消玉损
香消玉殞 / 香消玉殒 (xiāngxiāoyùyǔn)
香消玉減 / 香消玉减
香消玉碎
香溫玉軟 / 香温玉软
香潤玉溫 / 香润玉温
香銷玉沉 / 香销玉沉
鳴玉 / 鸣玉
鶴林玉露 / 鹤林玉露
麟吐玉書 / 麟吐玉书
黃玉 / 黄玉 (huángyù)
黑玉
墨玉 (Mòyù)
黛玉葬花
龜玉 / 龟玉

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玉):

→ Japanese: 玉(ぎょく) (gyoku)
→ Korean: 옥(玉) (ok)
→ Vietnamese: ngọc (玉Category:Vietnamese terms with redundant script codes#玉)

Others:

→ Indonesian: giok (via Min Nan)
→ Thai: หยก (yòk)

References

“玉”, in 漢語多功能字庫Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#玉 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#玉 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#玉 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典 Category:Chinese terms with redundant script codes#玉), A02553

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 玉Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#玉 Category:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#玉 – see 鬱 (“lush; luxuriant; exuberant; dense; thick; depressed; gloomy; moody; etc.”). (This character is the draft (1955) first-round simplified form of 鬱).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

玉

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Category:Japanese kanji#玉00 Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#玉00 Category:Japanese first grade kanji#玉00 Category:Japanese kyōiku kanji#玉00 Category:Japanese jōyō kanji#玉00

gem, jewel
beauty, elegance
euphemistic term related to an Emperor of Japan
euphemistic term related to a partner
geisha

Readings

Compounds

玉珧(タイラギ) (tairagi)
玉蜀黍(トウモロコシ) (tōmorokoshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
玉
たま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
珠球

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 玉 read as たま#たま Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#たま Category:Japanese terms read with kun'yomi#たま

From Old Japanese Category:Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese#たま Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#たま Category:Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese#たま.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たま [tàmáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ta̠ma̠]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#たま

Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#たま Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#たま

Noun

玉(たま) • (tamaCategory:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#玉 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#玉) Category:Japanese lemmas#たま Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#たま Category:Japanese nouns#たま Category:Japanese terms with multiple readings#たま Category:Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji#たま Category:Japanese terms with 1 kanji#たま Category:Japanese terms spelled with 玉#たま Category:Japanese single-kanji terms#たま Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#たま Category:Pages with entries#玉 Category:Pages with 5 entries#玉

any spherical or similarly-rounded object:
1. 球, 珠: a ball
2. an orb
3. a sphere
4. a bead of an abacus
5. lens
  Synonym: レンズ (renzu)
6. 弾, 珠, 球: a bullet
7. an egg, (especially of a chicken)
  Synonyms: 鶏卵 (keiran), 卵, 玉子 (tamago)
璧, 珠, 球: a gem, jewel
an object of value
a female entertainer (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
(colloquial Category:Japanese colloquialisms#たま Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#たま) short for 金玉 (kintama)Category:Japanese short forms#たま Category:Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys#たま: testicles

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Korean: 다마 (dama)

Counter

counter for ramen and udon for one person
冷凍(れいとう)うどん1(ひと)玉(たま)
reitō udon hito-tama
one bowl of frozen udon
Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#たま Category:Japanese terms with usage examples#たま

Prefix

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Japanese entries#たま

Derived terms

玉(たま)垣(がき) (tamagaki)
玉(たま)櫛(くし)笥(げ),　玉(たま)匣(くしげ) (tamakushige)
玉(たま)砂利(じゃり) (tamajari)
玉(たま)襷(だすき) (tamadasuki)
玉(たま)殿(どの) (tamadono)
玉(たま)鋼(はがね) (tamahagane)
玉(たま)松(まつ) (tamamatsu)
玉(たま)繭(まゆ) (tamamayu)
玉(たま)裳(も) (tamamo)
玉(たま)藻(も) (tamamo)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
玉
ぎょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 玉 read as ぎょく#きょく'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#きょく'Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#きょく'

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#きよく'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#きよく' 玉 (MC ngjowk).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぎょく [gyòkú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) ぎょく [gyóꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2] (a stock being traded)
IPA^(key): [ɡʲo̞kɯ̟]Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation#たま

Category:Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)#たま Category:Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō)#たま Category:Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent#たま

Noun

a gem, a jewel
generic name for jadeite or nephrite
chicken eggs used as food (especially as a topping for sushi)
Synonym: 鶏卵 (keiran)
a stock being traded
short for 建玉 (tategyoku)Category:Japanese short forms#きよく'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#きよく': (finance) position
a geisha
Synonym: 芸者 (geisha)
short for 玉代 (gyokudai)Category:Japanese short forms#たま: This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Japanese entries#たま

Derived terms

Idioms

玉(ぎょく)を吞(の)む (gyoku o nomu)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
玉
ぎょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 玉 read as ぎょく#きょく'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#きょく'Category:Japanese terms read with on'yomi#きょく'

From Middle Chinese Category:Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese#きよく'Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#きよく' 玉 (MC ngjowk).

“玉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Category:ja:Firearms#たま Category:ja:Eggs#たま Category:ja:Gems#たま Category:ja:Female people#たま Category:ja:Occupations#たま Category:ja:Genitalia#たま

Korean

Hanja

玉 (eumhun 구슬 옥 (guseul ok))Category:Korean lemmas#옥 Category:Korean terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys#옥 Category:Korean hanja#옥 Category:Korean entries with incorrect language header#옥 Category:Pages with entries#玉 Category:Pages with 5 entries#玉

hanja form^? of 옥 (“jade”)Category:Korean hanja forms#玉 See there for further compounds.

Compounds

옥편(玉篇) (Okpyeon, “Yupian”)

Vietnamese

Han character

玉: Hán Nôm readings: ngọcCategory:Vietnamese Han characters with unconfirmed readings#玉 Category:Vietnamese lemmas Category:Vietnamese Han characters

gem; precious stone

Derived terms

[DJR-1] 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林Category:Japanese links with redundant wikilinks#玉 Category:Japanese links with redundant alt parameters#玉 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1 2 3 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[1]

[2]

Wikimore

玉

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Chinese

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Etymology 2

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Counter

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Prefix

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Etymology 3

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Korean

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Vietnamese

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