Kanji Detail for 琮 - "ritual vessel"

琮

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
琮 means "ritual vessel."
1. Ritual vessel - A square jade vessel with a round hole in the center.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

octagonal piece of jade with hole in middle

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Cong

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

an octagonal jade ornament

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Jade that is octagonal on the outside and round in the center. Anciently, yellow 琮 was used to worship Earth. Seen in (Rites of Zhou).
Onyomi

soh(そう)

su(す)

zu(ず)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

玉王 (tama・tamahen・o・ohen)
Related Keywords
ritual vessel square jade round hole center