Results, 玉砕

玉砕☆【ぎょくさいgyokusai】玉摧 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender
  • trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love [玉砕] - colloquialism

Kanji definition:

玉

ギョクGYOKU・たまtama・たま~tama ・~だま dama

jewel; ball

Strokes:
5
Radical:
王玉玊⺩ jade, king
SKIP:
4-5-1
UTF:
7389
JIS208:
22-44
Nanori:
おうou・だんdan
Hangul:
옥 [og]
Pinyin:
yù
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
目玉【めだまmedama】
eyeball; / special feature; centerpiece; showpiece; drawcard; / special program; loss leader; / sunny-side up fried egg
玉【たまtama】
ball; sphere; globe; orb; / bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; / ball (in sports); / pile (of noodles, etc.); / bullet; / bulb (i.e. a light bulb); / lens (of glasses, etc.); / bead (of an abacus); / ball (i.e. a testicle); / gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; / female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); / person (when commenting on their nature); character; / item, funds or person used as part of a plot; / egg; / coin; / precious; beautiful; excellent
替え玉【かえだまkaedama】
proxy; ringer; substitute; double; / second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
目玉商品【めだましょうひんmedamashouhin】
bargain goods; eye-catching goods; featured product; loss leader
お年玉【おとしだまotoshidama】
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
砕

サイSAI・くだくkuda.ku・くだけるkuda.keru

smash; break; crush; familiar; popular

➜
碎
Strokes:
9
Radical:
石 stone
SKIP:
1-5-4
UTF:
7815
JIS208:
26-53
Hangul:
쇄 [swae]
Pinyin:
suì
Stroke order:
Example words:
火砕流【かさいりゅうkasairyuu】
pyroclastic flow
砕く【くだくkudaku】
to break; to smash
砕ける【くだけるkudakeru】
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to be smashed; / to collapse; to crumble; to decline; to cool (e.g. enthusiasm); to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight); / to become less formal; to throw off reserve; to become affable; / to become easy to understand (e.g. a story); / to be worried
玉砕【ぎょくさいgyokusai】
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender; / trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
砕石【さいせきsaiseki】
broken stone; rubble

Partial results:

玉砕主義【ぎょくさいしゅぎgyokusaishugi】

noun:

  • the principle of honorable death and no surrender - four character idiom

Kanji

玉

ギョクGYOKU・たまtama・たま~tama ・~だま dama

jewel; ball

砕

サイSAI・くだくkuda.ku・くだけるkuda.keru

smash; break; crush; familiar; popular


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