Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

琢: polish

JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

王 carries the meaning · 豕 is drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

タクtaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 琢磨たくまpolish (jewels); cultivation
  • 切磋琢磨せっさたくまdiligent application (to work or study)
  • 彫琢ちょうたくcarving and polishing

Also read みがく, 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)

All 35
豕

Also built on pig (豕)

All 9

Also read タク

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
琢 polish · 王
vs啄 peck · 口
琢 has 王 where 啄 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zuó

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

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

Pinyin zuó 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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