亀
See also: 龜
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Translingual
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| Traditional | 龜 |
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| Shinjitai | 亀 |
| Simplified | 龟 |
Glyph origin
Variant of 龜, simplified from 龜. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.
Han character
亀 (Kangxi radical 213, 亀+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田中山 (NWLU), four-corner 27716, composition ⿻龟日)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 142, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 210
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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 is a variant form of 龜). |
Japanese
| 亀 | |
| 龜 |
Kanji
亀
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龜)
Readings
- Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)←き (ki, historical)
- Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)←き (ki, historical)
- Kun: かめ (kame, 亀, Jōyō)
- Nanori: あま (ama)、すすむ (susumu)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)
From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kjuw), as in 亀茲 (Kyūji)
Compounds
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 亀 |
| かめ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 龜 (kyūjitai) |
⟨kame2⟩ → */kaməɨ/ → /kame/
From Old Japanese.
Pronunciation
Noun
- a tortoise or turtle (land or marine reptile with a shell)
- 2007, Kōsuke Hasumi, The Biology of Fairy Tales (page 28)
- 休んで負けてしまったウサギと休まず走って勝利したカメ。
- 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.
- 休んで負けてしまったウサギと休まず走って勝利したカメ。
- 2007, Kōsuke Hasumi, The Biology of Fairy Tales (page 28)
- (by extension, figurative, as turtles are thought to be good drinkers) a drunkard
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various designs of tortoises
- (figurative) sluggishness; also, such a person
- a shrugger
- (slang, as it resembles a turtle's neck) a penis
Usage notes
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カメ.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Idioms
- 亀の年を鶴が羨む (kame no toshi o tsuru ga urayamu)
Proverbs
- 鶴は千年亀は万年 (tsuru wa sennen kame wa mannen)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 亀 |
| き Grade: S |
| on'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 龜 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kwij).
Affix
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
亀 • (gwi, gyun) (hangeul 귀, 균, revised gwi, gyun, McCune–Reischauer kwi, kyun)
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