玉

玉 — jewel, ball

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #737 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぎょく gyoku
Kun'yomi: たま tama

たま- tama-

-だま -dama

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 玉

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

玉たま ball JLPT N3