Kanji
亀
kanji character
tortoise
turtle
亀 kanji-亀 tortoise, turtle
亀
Meaning
tortoise and turtle
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かめ tortoise
- お かめ homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)
- かめ れす replying to an email or online discussion after a long delay
On'yomi
- き れつ crack
- き こう tortoiseshell
- き っこう tortoiseshell
- きゅう
- きん
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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亀 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker... -
亀 裂 crack, crevice, fissure... -
亀 甲 tortoiseshell, tortoise shell, tortoiseshell pattern... -
海 亀 sea turtle -
亀 っ甲 tortoiseshell, tortoise shell, tortoiseshell pattern... -
亀 鑑 pattern, example, model... -
亀 頭 glans (esp. glans penis) -
亀 卜 tortoise-shell divination - お
亀 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)... -
亀 レスreplying to an email or online discussion after a long delay, slow response -
亀 虫 shield bug, stink bug, pentatomid -
亀 腹 white plaster bun-shaped mound (used to support base stones, etc.) -
亀 綾 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern -
亀 節 kamebushi, flat cut of dried bonito resembling a turtle shell -
亀 の子 young turtle (tortoise), turtle (tortoise) shell -
亀 の手 barnacle -
石 亀 any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica) -
水 亀 any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica) -
盲 亀 blind turtle -
亀 の甲 tortoise shell -
銭 亀 baby spotted turtle, immature Japanese pond turtle, young Japanese terrapin -
阿 亀 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)... -
霊 亀 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17) -
神 亀 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5), Shinki era -
宝 亀 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1) -
文 亀 Bunki era (1501.2.29-1504.2.30) -
元 亀 Genki era (1570.4.23-1573.7.28) -
鰐 亀 alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii) -
団 亀 Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae) -
象 亀 giant tortoise