珏

jué
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 two pieces of jade joined together

Examples

HSK 5
Jué zì cháng yòng zài rénmíng lǐ, qǔ qí měihǎo zhī yì.
The character jue is often chosen for given names for its elegant meaning.
HSK 7-9
Èr yù xiāng hé wéi yī jué.
Two pieces of jade joined as one are called a jue.

Tips

memory
珏 is literally two jade glyphs set side by side, so it means a matched pair of jade. Because jade is prized and the shape is balanced, it is a popular character in personal names.

Components

radical
王 yù
jade
The left side is the jade radical, the side form of 玉 written without its dot. Identical in shape to 王 (king), but in jade-family characters it is the jade glyph - one of the two jade pieces in 珏.
semantic
玉 yù
jade
The right side is the full 玉 (jade), keeping its dot. Two jade glyphs together form a meaning-compound: a joined pair of jade pieces, which is exactly what 珏 denotes.

Stroke Order

珏 jué