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玉 たま、たま-、-だま jewel, ball 2 737 5 96 たま・たまへん ・ おう・おうへん・あうさま 象形 Pictographic The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt...

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ギョク おう, だん 玉(たま): (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet (3) ball (in sports) (4) pile (of noodles, etc.) (5) bullet (6) bulb (i.e. a light bulb) (7) lens (of glasses, etc.) (8) bead (of an abacus) (9) ball (i.e. a testicle) (10) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) (12) person (when commenting on their nature); character (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot (14) egg (15) coin (16) precious; beautiful; excellent玉(ぎょく): (1) precious stone (esp. jade) (2) egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold (4) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) (5) geisha (6) time charge for a geisha (7) king (shogi) 1 玉: jewel; ball丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3) 玉 5 (none) jewel The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt...and he hangs left! (I always screw up the direction of the "drop").

Kanji	玉
Onyomi	ギョク
Kunyomi	たま、たま-、-だま
Nanori	おう, だん
English	jewel, ball
Examples	玉(たま): (1) ball; sphere; globe; orb (2) bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet (3) ball (in sports) (4) pile (of noodles, etc.) (5) bullet (6) bulb (i.e. a light bulb) (7) lens (of glasses, etc.) (8) bead (of an abacus) (9) ball (i.e. a testicle) (10) gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl (11) female entertainer (e.g. a geisha) (12) person (when commenting on their nature); character (13) item, funds or person used as part of a plot (14) egg (15) coin (16) precious; beautiful; excellent 玉(ぎょく): (1) precious stone (esp. jade) (2) egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) (3) stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold (4) position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) (5) geisha (6) time charge for a geisha (7) king (shogi)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	737
Components	玉: jewel; ball 丶: dot; tick or dot radical (no. 3)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	玉
Radical Number	96
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	たま・たまへん・おう・おうへん・あうさま
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	jewel
Koohii Story 1	The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt...
Koohii Story 2	The king is said to have only one family jewel below the belt...and he hangs left! (I always screw up the direction of the "drop").

Ball Jewel King 玉 Bead I.E Esp Person