玉 = 王 + 丶

玉 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “jewel”. It is built from 王 (king) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 272. It appears as a component in 4 other characters in this index.

Keyword: jewel
RTK frame: 272
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ギョク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): たま, たま-, -だま
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: earring, драгоценный камень
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 玉 jade

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 玉

How to find 玉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “king” + “dot”. 玉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 玉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.