Entry
  1. Noun

    skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear

    orig. meaning

  2. victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.)

    see 槍玉に挙げる

Also written やり玉【やりだま】ヤリ玉【ヤリだま】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

spear, lance, javelin

Kun
やり
On
ソウショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2261 of 2500
Radical
tree

Built from

Used in names as

うつ

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4a10.20The Kanji Dictionary
4896.7Four corner code
69cdUnicode hex code
1-33-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2342Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2822New Nelson (John Haig)
1329Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
966Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2516Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2576Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2100Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15319Morohashi
qiang1Pinyin reading
chang, jaengKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

jewel, ball

Kun
たまたま--だま
On
ギョク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
737 of 2500
Radical
jade
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

おうだん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-5-1SKIP code
4f0.2The Kanji Dictionary
1010.3Four corner code
3172deroo
7389Unicode hex code
1-22-44JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2923Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3620New Nelson (John Haig)
3477New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4289Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2919Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
256Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
272Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
610A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
204Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
103Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20821Morohashi
102A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
295Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64sakade
732Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48henshall3
40Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
575Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1313Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
262Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
ogKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level