亀

See also: 龜
亀 U+4E80, 亀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E80
← 乿
[U+4E7F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亁 →
[U+4E81]

Translingual

Traditional 龜
Shinjitai 亀
Simplified 龟

Glyph origin

Variant of 龜, simplified from 龜. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.

Han character

亀 (radical 213, 亀+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田中山 (NWLU), four-corner 27716, composition ⿻龟日)

References

  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 142, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 210
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 8 (in addendum), page 10, character 19
  • Unihan data for U+4E80

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 亀 – see 龜 (“turtle; tortoise; cuckold; etc.”).
(This character, 亀, is a variant form of 龜.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 亀

Kyūjitai

 龜

Kanji

亀

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龜)

  1. tortoise, turtle

Readings

Compounds

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
亀
かめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

亀 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 龜, hiragana かめ, katakana カメ, rōmaji kame)

  1. a turtle (land or marine reptile with a shell)
    • 2007, 蓮実香佑 Hasumi Kōsuke, おとぎ話の生物学 The Biology of Fairy Tales, page 28
      休 (やす)んで負 (ま)けてしまったウサギと休 (やす)まず走 (はし)って勝 (しょう)利 (り)したカメ。
      Yasunde makete shimatta usagi to yasumazu hashitte shōri shita kame.
      The tortoise that ran without resting and won, and the hare that rested and lost.
    • 1999 March 6, “モンスタートル [Monsturtle]”, in Starter Boxスターターボックス (in Japanese), Konami:
      トゲのついたこうらを身 (み)につけたカメ。とても凶 (きょう)暴 (ぼう)で人 (ひと)になつかない。
      Toge no tsuita kōra o mi ni tsuketa kame. Totemo kyōbō de hito ni natsukanai.
      A turtle sheltered in a spiked shell. It is very hostile against humans.
    • 2000 April 20, “炎ほのおを食くらう大おお亀ガメ [Giant Fire-Eating Turtle]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－ (in Japanese), Konami:
      真 (ま)っ赤 (か)な甲 (こう)羅 (ら)が特 (とく)徴 (ちょう)のカメ。炎 (ほのお)を食 (た)べると言 (い)われている。
      Makka na kōra ga tokuchō no kame. Honō o taberu to iwareteiru.
      A turtle with a distinctively deep red shell. It is said to feed on fire.
  • 亀の甲
  • 亀の子
  • 亀の手

Phrase

  • 盲亀浮木 (もうきふぼく)に値 (あ)う (mōki fuboku ni au)

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

亀 • (gwi, gyun) (hangeul 귀, 균, revised gwi, gyun, McCune–Reischauer kwi, kyun)

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