Keyword
pearl
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig274
Readings
じゅ
(37%)
たま
(31%)
しゅ
(18%)
ず
(13%)
Composed of
king
deep red
Mnemonic

The king wants a deep red pearl.

Used in vocabulary (79 in total)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
rosary; string of prayer beads
jewel; gem; gem (of a story, essay, etc.); accomplished work; beautiful piece
pearly white; pearl color; pearl grey
Attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
linking together; tying in a row
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna; manjusaka
rosary; string of prayer beads
Manjushri; Manjusri; Bodhisattva that represents transcendent wisdom
linking together; tying in a row
casting pearls before swine
apple of one's eye; one's jewel
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
rosary; string of prayer beads
ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob; Welsh onion flower; leek flower; hosta; plantain lily
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay
calculation on an abacus
variant of gobang (game)
Pearl River (China); Canton River; Zhu Jiang; Chu Chiang
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
mother-of-pearl
autumn zephyrlily (Zephyranthes candida); white rain lily; strings of beads hanging across a doorway; bead screen
Tamatsu Island (a fictional island in the Fortune Arterial visual novel)
pearly lustre; pearly luster; iridescence
imitation pearl; fake pearl
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
unknown literary masterpiece; (lit.) lost pearl
crupper ornament
dzi bead; Himalayan agate bead
curtain made of strung beads
variant of gobang (game)
Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel
pearl fishing; pearl diver
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
pitch-black; darkness
helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)
tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
imitation pearl; fake pearl
Hosta montana (species of plantain lily)
moon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell; Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
acorn worm (any hemichordate of class Enteropneusta)
pearl iridescence
a rosary; a string of beads
cholesteatoma; pearl tumor; pearl tumour
pearl wedding (anniversary); 30th wedding anniversary
monilethrix; moniliform hair; beaded hair
dark blue gem allowing one to recall memories when stroked with one's hand (allegedly possessed by Zhang Yue)
jewel; pearl; gemstone
jewel; pearl; gemstone
talented person unbeknownst to the world
talented person unbeknownst to the world
integument
funicle; funiculus
Hosta sieboldii (species of plantain lily)
Chaetomorpha algae; Chaeto; nostoc
Examples (19 in total)
This is a pearl necklace.
I've never seen a pearl of such magnitude!
The lady wore a necklace of pearls.