Hanja Analyzer
亀

亀 — gwi, gyun

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
거북 귀, 터질 균
Romanization
gwi, gyun
English
turtle or tortoise; cuckold
Mandarin
guī
Japanese on'yomi
キ, キン, キュウ
Japanese kun'yomi
かめ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,353 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
龜
Radical
乙 (5, 10 residual)
Unicode
U+4E80

Parts that make up 亀

  • 𠂊 꾸릴 포, 쌀 포variant of 勹 몸을 굽혀 감싼 팔감싸고 두르는 일
  • 电 번개 전(電)을 줄여 쓴 꼴‘전’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 亀

  • 亀裂きれつ crack; crevice; fissure
  • 亀かめ tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker
  • 亀甲きっこう tortoiseshell; tortoise shell; tortoiseshell pattern
  • 亀鑑きかん pattern; example; model
  • 亀頭きとう glans (esp. glans penis)
  • 石亀いしがめ any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)
  • 盲亀もうき blind turtle
  • 亀卜きぼく tortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan)
  • 銭亀ぜにがめ baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin
  • 阿亀おかめ homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; okame
  • 霊亀れいき mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
  • 神亀じんき mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck); Jinki era (724.2.4-729.8.5); Shinki era

Other hanja read “귀”

Other hanja with radical 乙

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