珠 – pearl, gem, jewel

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The kanji 珠 means pearl, gem, jewel. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュ (shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is たま (tama). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 玉 (no. 96).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	たま	tama

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 玉 (Kangxi radical 96). Components: ｜・ノ・王・牛・二・ハ・木.

Words using 珠

真珠しんじゅpearl

Example sentences

それは贋の真珠にすぎない。

It is merely an imitation pearl.

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Kanji with the same radical

現理球環王玉珍琴班玩

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