KumiJi Glyph Explorer › Browse
珠 = 王 + 朱
珠 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “pearl”. It is built from 王 (king) and 朱 (vermilion). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 274.
- Keyword
- pearl
- RTK frame
- 274
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シュ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- たま
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- жемчужина
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 珠 precious stone
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 珠 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “king” + “vermilion”. 珠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 珠 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.