勾玉

曲玉

Reading

Kana: まがたま
Romaji: magatama
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

comma-shaped jewels

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 ク、 かぎ、 ま.がる
Meanings: be bent, slope, capture
Readings: ギョク、 たま、 たま-、 -だま
Meanings: jewel, ball
Readings: キョク、 ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
Meanings: bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean