字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE乙1144 合3990
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Tools & Weapons
玉
玉 jewelry, gem, jewel, ball
たま tama
5 strokesRadical of 4 kanjiPart of 4
Your ink in 玉0% painted · 0 of 4 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
The character's shape was historically very similar to 王; a dot was introduced to differentiate the two.
Source: Wiktionary, 玉 (rev. 94584484), CC BY-SA 4.0
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. This radical represents the most valuable objects in nature—jewels, pearls, and even the "ball" used in a game. When you see it, think of beauty, rarity, and the "royal" quality of anything that is precious to behold.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates gemstones, jewels, round objects (balls), precious items, value, or things associated with high status and beauty.
一覧
Every kanji with 玉 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 4 kanji