玉 (yù): meaning and stroke order
玉 (yù) means jade.
玉
- Simplified
- 玉
- Traditional
- 玉 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yù
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Stroke order of 玉
玉
- yù jade
- 5 strokes
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Meaning of 玉
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yù
- jade
Radical and structure
- 玉
- Radical 玉 (Kangxi radical 96) · 5 strokes · built from 王 and 丶
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 玉
- 玉帝 yù dì the Jade Emperor
- 玉皇大帝 Yù huáng Dà dì Jade Emperor
玉 in our stories
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传说孔子出生以前，一只麒麟来到他家，吐出了一块写着字的玉。
chuánshuō Kǒngzǐ chūshēng yǐqián yì zhī qílín láidào tā jiā tǔ chū le yí kuài xiě zhe zì de yù
Legend says that before Confucius was born, a qilin came to his home and spat out a piece of jade with writing on it.
From the story The qilin HSK 4
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奶奶却没有笑。她看了苏菲很久，慢慢地从手腕上取下一只旧玉镯子，戴在了苏菲的手上。
nǎinai què méiyǒu xiào tā kàn le Sūfēi hěn jiǔ mànmàn de cóng shǒuwàn shàng qǔ xià yì zhī jiù yù zhuózi dài zài le Sūfēi de shǒu shàng
But Grandma didn't laugh. She looked at Sophie for a long time, then slowly slipped an old jade bracelet off her wrist and put it on Sophie's.
From the story An old bracelet HSK 6
Stories using 玉
- The qilin HSK 4
- An old bracelet HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).