Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

玩: play, take pleasure in

Also: trifle with, make sport of

N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 元 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ガンgan · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 愛玩あいがんcaring for (esp. a pet or a small object)
  • 玩弄がんろうtoying with; playing with

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 玩具おもちゃtoy

Also read もちあそぶ, もてあそぶ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“A treasure for royalty! While it looks like a "king," the true soul of this radical is "jade."”
More in the 王 jewelry story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

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元

Also built on beginning (元)

Also read ガン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
玩 play · 王
vs完 perfect · 宀
玩 has 王 where 完 has 宀.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wán

Same form: 玩 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
玩 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
玩 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin wán most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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