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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... 272

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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").
RTK Index (new)	272

Ball Jewel King 玉 Bead I.E Esp Person