珠
Meanings
CC-CEDICT
- 1.bead
- 2.pearl
- 3.CL:粒[lì],颗[kē]
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Wiktionary
- 1.pearl (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
- 2.pearl-like object; bead (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆／颗 m)
- 3.Used in transcription.
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *tjo): semantic 𤣩 (“jade”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
我有幾支圓珠筆。
I have some pens.
他們闖進了珠寶店。
They broke into the jewelry shop.
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More examples & usage (AI)
Derived terms
一串珠一串驪珠一串骊珠一字一珠三千珠履三珠樹三珠树不吝珠玉串珠丹珠爾丹珠尔五星連珠五星连珠人老珠黃人老珠黄以珠彈雀以珠弹雀仙露明珠佛珠偷彈珠淚偷弹珠泪剖腹藏珠剖蚌求珠劍合珠還剑合珠还口吐珠璣口吐珠玑合浦珠還合浦珠还合浦還珠
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Related words
珠宝 pearls珍珠 pearl (CL:颗[kē],粒[lì])念珠 prayer beads珠晖 see 珠晖区[Zhū huī Qū]连珠 joined as a string of pearls珠灰 pearl gray海珠 see 海珠区[Hǎi zhū Qū]灯珠 LED lamp bead; small light bulb眼珠 one's eyes天珠 dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power珠母 mother-of-pearl真珠 variant of 珍珠[zhēn zhū]