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漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons

璽: emperor's seal

N1 (our estimate)19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

玉 carries the meaning · 爾 gives the sound

19 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジji · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 璽じemperor's seal
  • 印璽いんじimperial seal
  • 玉璽ぎょくじsovereign's seal

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Treasure in your hand! Imagine holding a perfectly round, shimmering jade ball or a string of precious gems.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 玺 · traditional, as in Japanese · xǐ

Japan keeps the traditional form 璽; mainland China simplifies it to 玺.

Simplified
玺 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
璽 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xǐ 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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