鼈

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See also: 龞, 鱉, and 鳖
鼈 U+9F08, 鼈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F08
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Translingual

Han character

鼈 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 火大口難山 (FKRXU), composition ⿱敝黽)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1524, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48305
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4771, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9F08

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 黽.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼈 – see 鱉.
(This character is a variant form of 鱉).

Japanese

Kanji

鼈

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: へち (hechi)
  • Kan-on: へつ (hetsu)
  • Kan’yō-on: べつ (betsu)
  • Kun: すっぽん (suppon, 鼈)、かめ (kame, 鼈)

Compounds

Compounds

Alternative forms

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鼈 (suppon)
Kanji in this term
鼈
すっぽん
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

Unknown, theories include:

  1. Shift from スホン (suhon), the sound when it jumps into a river:
    /sufon/ → /suppon/
  2. Corruption of 朱盆 (shubon, literally “vermillion tray”), from the resemblance of its shell:
    /ɕubon/ → /ɕuppon/ → /suppon/

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

Noun

鼈(すっぽん) or 鼈(スッポン) • (suppon) 

  1. a Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis
    Synonym: 鼈亀 (tochigame)
    Hypernym: 亀 (kame)
  2. (theater) in kabuki, a trapdoor located on the 花道 (hanamichi, “walkway through the audience to the stage”)
  3. (nautical) a bilge pump used on a 和船 (wasen, “traditional Japanese ship”)
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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鼈
べつ
Hyōgai
kan'yōon

From Middle Chinese 鱉 (MC pjiet).

Pronunciation

Noun

鼈(べつ) • (betsu) 

  1. (rare) a Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis
Proverbs

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鼈 • (byeol) (hangeul 별, McCune–Reischauer pyŏl, Yale pyel)

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