Moto 珠: Pearl; Gem; JewelKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュ
- Kun'yomi
- たま
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 67 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュ)
- 真珠しんじゅpearl
- 珠玉しゅぎょくjewel; gem
- 珠算しゅざんcalculation on an abacus
- 人工真珠じんこうしんじゅartificial pearls
- 人造真珠じんぞうしんじゅartificial pearls
- 如意宝珠にょいほうじゅCintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- 宝珠ほうじゅprecious orb
- 宝珠の玉ほうじゅのたまCintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
- 川真珠貝かわしんじゅがいMargaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
- 念珠ねんじゅrosary; string of prayer beads
- 念珠藻ねんじゅもnostoc
- 摩尼宝珠まにほうじゅjewel; pearl
- 摩尼珠まにじゅjewel; pearl
- 摸造真珠もぞうしんじゅimitation pearl; fake pearl
- 文珠もんじゅManjushri; Manjusri
- 曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげred spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis
- 模造真珠もぞうしんじゅimitation pearl; fake pearl
- 珠心しゅしんnucellus
- 珠芽しゅがbulbil
- 真円真珠しんえんしんじゅcultured pearls
- 真珠光しんじゅこうpearl iridescence
- 真珠光沢しんじゅこうたくpearly lustre; pearly luster
- 真珠取りしんじゅとりpearl fishing; pearl diver
- 真珠婚式しんじゅこんしきpearl wedding (anniversary)
- 真珠層しんじゅそうmother-of-pearl
- 真珠母しんじゅぼmother-of-pearl
- 真珠湾攻撃しんじゅわんこうげきAttack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)
- 真珠病しんじゅびょうpearl disease
- 真珠細工しんじゅざいくpearl work
- 真珠腫しんじゅしゅcholesteatoma; pearl tumor
- 真珠色しんじゅいろpearl gray; pearl grey
- 真珠貝しんじゅがいpearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
- 真珠質しんじゅしつmother-of-pearl
- 真珠養殖しんじゅようしょくpearl culture
- 真珠養殖場しんじゅようしょくじょうpearl-oyster beds
- 耳珠じじゅtragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi
- 聯珠れんじゅvariant of gobang (game)
- 胚珠はいしゅovule
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 珠たまball; sphere
- 珠にきずたまにきずfly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object
- 珠に瑕たまにきずfly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object
- 珠に疵たまにきずfly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object
- 珠貝たまがいmoon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell
Other readings
- 数珠じゅずrosary; string of prayer beads
- 大葉擬宝珠おおばぎぼうしHosta montana (species of plantain lily)
- 小葉擬宝珠こばぎぼうしHosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
- 擬宝珠ぎぼしornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob
- 擬宝珠虫ぎぼしむしacorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
- 数珠つなぎじゅずつなぎlinking together; tying in a row
- 数珠一連じゅずいちれんa rosary; a string of beads
- 数珠玉じゅずだまJob's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed
- 数珠繋ぎじゅずつなぎlinking together; tying in a row
- 数珠藻じゅずもChaetomorpha algae; Chaeto
- 烏珠ぬばたまpitch-black; darkness
- 珠数ずずrosary
- 珠暖簾たまのれんcurtain made of strung beads
- 珠盤そろばんabacus
- 珠鶏ほろほろちょうhelmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
- 真珠岩じゅがんperlite
- 紺珠かんじゅdark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)
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