部
Components

珠 means 'pearl'

Animation / stroke order not available.
CHALLENGE
BUILD
DRAW
MATCH
KEYWORDS
LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1725   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 61 words   Used in 858 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュ
Additional readings
Kun    たま pearl, gem, jewel
Name    す   とも   ま   み
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 珠 - click the badge to download
Japan invented a way of making pearls! Find out about pearl culturing and where to go in Japan to learn more about the inventor and his method. Read about divers (mostly women) who have risked it all to collect shellfish. Learn how to say "Tahiti is the pearl of the Pacific" in Japanese. And find out about strings of prayer beads, which have inspired a great figurative expression.
Components
⿰  王 king  朱 scarlet  
Explore these components visually on The Kanji Map ⇗
Mastery
LOG IN to view kanji mastery data
Flashcards
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 珠 is used 2 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 珠 is used 50 times, read 2 ways (with 2 variations).
Showing:
シュ (read as じゅ) : 34 words FIND ALL
し ん じ ゅ 0
noun
pearl
(click the word for examples and links)
シュ : 6 words FIND ALL
し ゅ ざ ん 2
noun
calculation with abacus
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
たま : 3 words FIND ALL
た ま 0
Most common form: 玉
noun
1. ball; sphere; globe; orb
2. bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
(click the word to view an additional 14 meanings and 5 forms, examples and links)
ず: 7 words. FIND ALL
じ ゅ ず 2
noun
rosary; string of prayer beads  (Buddhist term)
(click the word to view an additional 2 readings, examples and links)
An additional 11 less common words include 珠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Quick links
QUICK SEARCH WORD SEARCH KANJI SEARCH COMPONENT SEARCH Find kanji that refer to 珠
More information
Wiktionary ⇗ | Unicode.org ⇗ | Google Japan ⇗ | Hanziyuan etymology ⇗
Additional data
Henshall: 1349  Joy o' Kanji : 1349  Key to Kanji: - 

Cascading kanji view

珠
シュ    pearl   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
王
オウ    king   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
朱
シュ    scarlet   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
Problem with this kanji? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×