Kanji Detail for 璋 - "half tablet, ladle, bright"

璋

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
璋 means "half tablet, ladle, bright."
1. Half tablet - A jade vessel shaped like a ceremonial tablet split in half lengthwise.
2. Ladle - A jade ladle used in rituals.
3. Bright - Clear.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

ceremonial jeweled implement

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

jade plaything; jade ornament

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

jade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭[gui1], also given to male infants to play with

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

jade plaything; jade ornament

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

A jade with a pointed top is called 圭. Half a gui is called 璋. (Book of Odes) "When a boy is born...give him a zhang to play with." Hence congratulating someone on having a son is called 弄璋之喜.
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)
Kunyomi

arawa.su(あらわす)

hishaku(ひしゃく)

tama(たま)
Strokes

16 strokes
Radical

玉王 (tama・tamahen・o・ohen)
Related Keywords
half tablet jade vessel shaped like ceremonial split lengthwise ladle rituals bright clear