Archaic or literary word for glass; in modern Japanese, ガラス is the standard term. May still appear in classical texts or poetic language.
古い文献では、玻璃がガラスを指すことがある。
In old documents, 玻璃 sometimes refers to glass.
Quartz is listed as one of the Seven Treasures.
Literary and Buddhist term; the kanji are not in common use. Usually written in kana or replaced by ガラス in modern Japanese.
Alternate kanji form, also rare and primarily found in Buddhist contexts.
The kanji 玻璃 and 頗梨 are phonetic transcriptions of a Sanskrit word for crystal or glass, introduced through Buddhist texts. The exact derivation is uncertain.