Chinese Character Wiki
玉

yù

jade

Pictograph of a ritual object made out of several pieces of jade joined together by a string. A dot was later added to 玉 to distinguish it from 王 (king).

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a ritual object made out of several pieces of jade joined together by a string.

丶 distinguishing component

丶  Distinguishing component

zhǔ

  

dot

Evolution

玉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
玉 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
玉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
玉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
玉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

玉  

yù

jade, precious stone, gem; jade

Most common words with 玉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

玉米

corn

玉

jade

玉米饼

corn cake

玉石

precious stones

玉米粉

cornflour

Component uses

Meaning component in 19 characters (12 verified)

全 环 環 玛 瑪 珍 瑞 玫 瑰 璋 玺 璽 莹 瑩 璧 鈺 钰 珏 璺

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

国 鈺 钰

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

宝 弄

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

国

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ŋ](r)ok (< uvular?)

ngjowk

yù

jade


Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 10.1233% of movies

1818th most common character in movies

1001st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+7389

Shuowen

“玉，石之美。有五德：潤澤以溫，仁之方也；理自外，可以知中，義之方也；其聲舒揚，專以遠聞，智之方也；不橈而折，勇之方也；銳廉而不技，絜之方也。象三玉之連，丨，其貫也。，古文玉。”


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