漢字Kanji
亀: tortoise, turtle
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 𠂊to wrap(form)
- 电(form)
𠂊 and 电 are drawn in
11 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 亀裂きれつcrack; crevice; fissure
かめkame · kun'yomi · on its own
- 亀かめtortoise; turtle
- 海亀うみがめsea turtle
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 亀甲きっこうtortoiseshell; tortoise shell
Also read キュウ, キン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
电
Also built on 电
In ChineseSimplified 龟 · traditional 龜 · guī
Three different forms: Japanese 亀, simplified 龟, traditional 龜.
- Simplified
- 龟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 龜 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin guī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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