玉 yù▶ jade

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Here's中玉。

It means jade. Your grandmother opens a small box and hands you a smooth green bracelet. She says it's jade, and she wore it when she was young. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

玉 is written in 5 strokes.

• 玉

玉 as a symbol

Simplified and traditional are the same: 玉

As a single character: jade.

Beyond the stone, 玉 carries the sense 'pure; beautiful', and stands for moral purity and refinement — as in 冰清玉潔, 'pure and spotless'. It is also an honorific prefix.

Related words

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玉 is pronounced yù and means “jade”.