HSK 6 · Objects

玉 yù “jade” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 玉 means

  1. jade

How to say 玉

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale玉yù4th tone, falling

玉 in a sentence

  1. 她戴着一个玉手镯。

    Tā dài zhe yí ge yù shǒuzhuó.

    She’s wearing a jade bracelet.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 中国人自古就喜欢玉。

    Zhōngguórén zìgǔ jiù xǐhuan yù.

    Chinese people have loved jade since ancient times.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 玉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 玉 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
玉yùjade
  • 王king · wáng
  • 丶dot · zhǔ

How to write 玉

玉 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

玉 (yù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 玉 (yù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 玉

Words with 玉

玉米yùmǐ · corn

More words: Objects & Materials

屑xiè · crumbs样品yàngpǐn · sample烟花爆竹yānhuābàozhú · fireworks and firecrackers油漆yóuqī · paint渣zhā · dregs帐篷zhàngpeng · tent枕头zhěntou · pillow珍珠zhēnzhū · pearl

FAQs

玉 (yù) means “jade”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yù: yù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 玉 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 玉 from the suggestions. Typing yu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
玉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.