Word Meaning 珠玉

しゅぎょく shugyoku

珠玉 is read as しゅぎょく (shugyoku) and means jewel.

Meaning

English

jewel
gem
gem (of a story, essay, etc.)
accomplished work
beautiful piece

Reading

Kana

しゅぎょく

Romaji

shugyoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 11515 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

数珠玉

じゅずだま

Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

宝珠の玉

ほうじゅのたま

Cintamani stone

珠算

しゅざん

calculation on an abacus

珠

たま

ball (i.e. a testicle)

善玉

ぜんだま

character with a round white head on which the character "good" is written (common in Edo-period prints)

埼玉

さいたま

Saitama (city, prefecture)

握り金玉

にぎりぎんたま

having nothing to do

目玉

めだま

eyeball

玉

たま

ball (i.e. a testicle)

お年玉

おとしだま

New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)

悪玉

あくだま

bad character

白玉

しらたま

rice flour dumpling

Example Sentences

珠玉の短編を集めた一冊を読んだ。

しゅぎょくのたんぺんをあつめたいっさつをよんだ。

I read a book containing a collection of splendid short stories.