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Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order (Hong Kong)
Stroke order (alternative)
Han character
龜 (Kangxi radical 213, 龜 +0, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean , 16 strokes in mainland China , cangjie input 竹月尸尸 (HBSS ) or 弓難山 (NXU ), four-corner 27117 , composition ⿱⺈ ⿹⿷⿻冂 ⿰一 ⿺乚 ⺊ コ 㐅 𢑑 (H ) or ⿱⺈ ⿻⿻冂 ⿰一 ⿺乚 ⺊ ⿻コ ⿴⿹𠃌 ⺕ 㐅 (G ) or ⿱丿 ⿻⿻冂 ⿰一 ⿺乚 ⺊ ⿻コ ⿴⿹𠃌 ⺕ 㐅 )
Kangxi radical #213, ⿔ .
Derived characters
Descendants
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537 , character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48847
Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4809, character 4
Unihan data for U+9F9C
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
鬮
*kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ
龜
*kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ
Pictogram (象形 ) : A drawing of a turtle seen from the side and from above (Bronze inscriptions).
Etymology 1
Austroasiatic . Compare Mon ဂွိ ( gwi , “ soft-shell turtle ” ) , Nyah Kur ทะวี่ʔ ( tha wìiʼ , “ soft-shell turtle ” ) (Schuessler, 2007 ).
Pronunciation
Note :
ku - vernacular;
kui - literary.
Note :
1jy - vernacular;
1kue - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
龜
Reading #
2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
guī
Middle Chinese
‹ kwij ›
Old Chinese
/*ʷrə/
English
tortoise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
龜
Reading #
2/2
No.
4616
Phonetic component
龜
Rime group
之
Rime subdivision
1
Corresponding MC rime
龜
Old Chinese
/*kʷrɯ/
Definitions
龜
turtle ; tortoise (Classifier : 隻 / 只 c )
( figurative ) cuckold
( Cantonese , humorous ) signature (Classifier : 隻 / 只 c )
畫 隻 龜 / 画 只 龟 [Cantonese ] ― waak6 zek3 gwai1 ― (humorous) to sign (literally, “to draw a turtle”)
( Hong Kong Cantonese , slang ) police
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
烏龜 (“tortoise; turtle”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
龜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
烏龜
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
烏龜
Taiwan
烏龜
Ulanhot
烏龜
Tongliao
烏龜
Chifeng
烏龜 , 王八
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
烏龜
Harbin
龜
Shenyang
烏龜
Malaysia
烏龜
Singapore
烏龜
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
龜子
Jinan
烏龜
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
鱉
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
烏龜
Xi'an
烏龜 , 龜
Xining
烏龜 , 龜 , 王八
Xuzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
鱉蓋 , 鱉
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
烏龜 , 龜
Bayanhot
烏龜
Lanzhou
龜 , 烏龜
Ürümqi
烏龜
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
烏龜
Wuhan
烏龜 , 四腳爬 , 爬爬
Guiyang
烏龜
Kunming
烏龜
Guilin
烏龜
Liuzhou
烏龜
Dagudi (Maliba)
烏龜
Reshuitang (Longling)
烏龜
Mae Salong (Lancang)
烏龜
Mae Sai (Tengchong)
烏龜
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
烏龜
Yangzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Hefei
烏龜
Huanggang
王八
Cantonese
Guangzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Hong Kong
烏龜 , 龜
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
昂龜
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
烏龜
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
烏龜
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
爬龜
Macau
烏龜
Guangzhou (Panyu)
烏龜
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
龜
Guangzhou (Conghua)
龜
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
烏龜
Foshan
烏龜
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
龜
Foshan (Shunde)
烏龜
Foshan (Sanshui)
烏龜
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
龜
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
烏龜
Zhuhai (Qianshan)
烏龜
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
烏龜
Zhuhai (Doumen)
烏龜
Jiangmen (Baisha)
烏龜
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
烏龜
Taishan
烏龜
Kaiping (Chikan)
烏龜
Enping (Niujiang)
烏龜
Heshan (Yayao)
烏龜
Dongguan
烏龜 , 龜
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
烏龜
Qingyuan
烏龜
Fogang
龜
Yingde (Hanguang)
烏龜
Yangshan
烏龜
Lianshan (Butian)
烏龜
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
烏龜
Shaoguan
烏龜
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
烏龜
Renhua
烏龜
Lechang
烏龜
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
烏龜
Sihui
烏龜
Guangning
烏龜
Deqing
烏龜
Huaiji
龜
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
龜
Yunfu
烏龜
Xinxing
烏龜
Luoding
烏龜
Yunan (Pingtai)
烏龜
Yangjiang
龜
Xinyi
烏龜
Lianjiang
烏龜
Nanning
烏龜 , 龜
Wuzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Yulin
烏龜
Rongxian
烏龜
Hepu (Lianzhou)
烏龜 , 龜
Hepu (Shatian)
烏龜
Guiping
烏龜
Guiping (Mule)
龜
Pingnan
龜
Guigang (Gangcheng)
龜
Guigang (Pingdong)
龜
Beihai
龜
Beihai (Nankang)
烏龜
Beihai (Yingpan)
龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
烏龜
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
烏龜 , 龜
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
烏龜
Danzhou
烏龜
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
烏龜
Singapore (Guangfu)
烏龜 , 龜
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
烏龜
Móng Cái
烏龜
Bangkok (Guangfu)
龜 , เต่า
Betong (Rongxian)
烏龜
Gan
Nanchang
烏龜
Lichuan
烏龜
Pingxiang
烏龜
Hakka
Meixian
烏龜 , 龜仔
Dabu (Xihe)
烏龜
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
烏龜
Dongguan (Qingxi)
烏龜
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
烏龜
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
烏龜
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
烏龜
Jiexi
烏龜
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
烏龜
Yudu
烏龜
Ruijin
烏龜
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
龜仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
龜仔
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
龜仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
烏龜
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
龜仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
龜仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
龜
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
龜
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
烏龜
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
龜
Hong Kong
烏龜
Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao)
烏龜
Luchuan (Daqiao)
烏龜
Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan)
龜
Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian)
龜
Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang)
龜
Xingye (Gaofeng)
烏龜
Rongxian (Xiandi)
龜
Sabah (Longchuan)
烏龜 , 龜仔
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
烏龜
Senai (Huiyang)
烏龜
Singkawang
龜
Bangkok (Jiexi)
烏龜
Huizhou
Jixi
烏龜
Jin
Taiyuan
王八 , 烏龜 , 龜
Pingyao
鱉疙瘩
Taibus (Baochang)
烏龜
Linhe
烏龜
Jining
烏龜
Hohhot
王八
Baotou
烏龜
Dongsheng
王八
Haibowan
王八
Northern Min
Jian'ou
烏龜
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Fuqing
龜 , 烏龜
Matsu
烏龜
Southern Min
Xiamen
烏龜 , 龜
Quanzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Yongchun
烏龜 , 龜
Zhangzhou
烏龜 , 龜
Zhao'an
龜
Taipei
龜
Taipei (Wanhua)
龜
New Taipei (Tamsui)
龜
New Taipei (Sanxia)
龜
New Taipei (Pingxi)
龜
Kaohsiung
龜
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
龜
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
龜
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
龜
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
龜
Yilan
龜
Changhua (Lukang)
龜
Taichung
龜
Taichung (Wuqi)
龜
Tainan
龜
Tainan (Anping)
龜
Taitung
龜
Hsinchu
龜
Kinmen
龜
Penghu (Magong)
龜
Penghu (Xiyu)
龜
Penang (Hokkien)
龜 , 烏龜
Singapore (Hokkien)
龜 , 烏龜
Zhangping (Yongfu)
龜
Pingnan (Shangdu)
烏龜
Pingnan (Sijie)
龜
Pingle (Zhoutang)
龜
Lechang (Tatou)
龜
Yingde (Yuzui)
龜
Yunan (Liantan)
龜
Chaozhou
烏龜 , 龜
Bangkok (Teochew)
烏龜
Chiang Mai (Teochew)
龜
Hat Yai (Teochew)
烏龜
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
龜
Leizhou
龜
Wenchang
龜
Haikou
龜
Puxian Min
Putian
龜
Central Min
Yong'an
烏龜
Zhongshan Min
Shaxi (Longdu)
烏龜 , 龜
Sanxiang
烏龜 , 龜
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
烏龜 , 龜
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
烏龜
Waxiang
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
烏龜
Wu
Shanghai
烏龜 , 王八
Shanghai (Songjiang)
烏龜 , 十三塊六角
Shanghai (Jiading)
烏龜
Shanghai (Chongming)
烏龜
Suzhou
烏龜
Wuxi
烏龜
Danyang
烏龜 , 王八八 , 王八
Hangzhou
烏龜
Ningbo
烏龜 , 王八
Wenzhou
烏龜
Jinhua
烏龜
Xiang
Changsha
烏龜 , 王八
Loudi
烏龜
Shuangfeng
烏龜
Quanzhou
烏龜
Compounds
Descendants
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
龜
Reading #
1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
guī
Middle Chinese
‹ kjuw ›
Old Chinese
/*ʷə/
English
tortoise
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
龜
Reading #
1/2
No.
4614
Phonetic component
龜
Rime group
之
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
鳩
Old Chinese
/*kʷɯ/
Definitions
龜
Only used in 龜茲 / 龟兹 (Qiūcí ).
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
龜
( of skin ) to crack ; to become chapped
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
龜
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji , kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 亀 )
Kyūjitai form of 亀
Readings
From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kjuw ), as in 龜茲 ( Kyūji )
Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 龜 – see the following entry.
(This term, 龜 , is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kwij ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
龜 (eumhun 거북 귀 ( geobuk gwi ) )
Hanja form? of 귀 ( “ tortoise ; turtle ” ) .
Compounds
Compounds
귀갑 (龜甲 , gwigap )
귀각 (龜殼 , gwigak )
귀모 (龜毛 , gwimo )
귀배 (龜背 , gwibae )
귀별 (龜鼈 , gwibyeol )
귀복 (龜卜 , gwibok )
귀옥 (龜玉 , gwiok )
귀점 (龜占 , gwijeom )
귀패 (龜貝 , gwipae )
귀판 (龜板 , gwipan )
맹귀 (盲龜 , maenggwi )
수귀 (水龜 , sugwi )
신귀 (神龜 , sin'gwi )
영귀 (靈龜 , yeonggwi )
장귀 (長龜 , janggwi )
진귀 (秦龜 , jin'gwi )
해귀 (海龜 , haegwi )
휴귀 (蠵龜 , hyugwi )
귀두 (龜頭 , gwidu )
귀감 (龜鑑 , gwigam , “warning ; self-criticism ”)
귀선 (龜船 , gwiseon , “Turtle ship ”)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 龜 (MC kjuw ).
Pronunciation
Hanja
龜 (eumhun 땅 이름 구 ( ttang ireum gu ) )
Hanja form? of 구 ( “ used in placenames ” ) .
Compounds
Etymology 3
From Middle Chinese 龜 .
Pronunciation
Hanja
龜 (eumhun 터질 균 ( teojil gyun ) )
Hanja form? of 균 ( “ crack ” ) .
Compounds
References
국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典 .
Old Japanese
Etymology
From Proto-Japonic *kamaCi .
Noun
龜 (kame2 ) (kana かめ )
a tortoise , turtle
難波 癬龜 (倶毗柯梅 )nanipa tapi₁kame₂ Naniwa osteichthyan tortoise
a tortoise shell used in 亀卜 ( kiboku , “ tortoise-shell divination ” )
...千磐破 神爾毛莫負卜部座龜 毛莫燒曾戀之久爾... ...tipayaburu kami2 ni mo na opose urape2 mase kame2 mo na yaki1 so2 ko1 pi2 siku ni... ...mighty gods that carry not the burden, do divination with the unburnt tortoise shell with longing...
Descendants
References
^ Martin, Samuel E. (1987 ) The Japanese Language Through Time , New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN
Vietnamese
Han character
龜 : Hán Nôm readings: qui , quân , quy
chữ Hán form of quy ( “ turtle ” ) .
Compounds