亀
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Translingual
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| Traditional | 龜 |
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| Shinjitai | 亀 |
| Simplified | 龟 |
Glyph origin
[edit]Variant of 龜, simplified from 龜. The modern Japanese usage is of reform (shinjitai) nature.
Han character
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亀 (Kangxi radical 213, 亀+0, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓田中山 (NWLU), four-corner 27716, composition ⿻龟日)
Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- 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
[edit]| For pronunciation and definitions of 亀 – see 龜 (“turtle; tortoise; cuckold; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 龜). |
Japanese
[edit]| 亀 | |
| 龜 |
Kanji
[edit]亀
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 龜)
Readings
[edit]- Go-on: き (ki, Jōyō)←き (ki, historical)、く (ku)
- Kan-on: き (ki, Jōyō)←き (ki, historical)、きゅう (kyū)←きう (kiu, historical)
- Kun: かめ (kame, 亀, Jōyō)
- Nanori: あま (ama)、すすむ (susumu)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)
Compounds
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]| 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 龜 (kame2). First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- 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 ran without resting and won, and the hare 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。
- (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
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:陰茎
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Derived terms
Idioms
[edit]- 亀の年を鶴が羨む (kame no toshi o tsuru ga urayamu)
Proverbs
[edit]- 鶴は千年亀は万年 (tsuru wa sennen kame wa mannen)
Etymology 2
[edit]| 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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “亀”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ 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
[edit]Hanja
[edit]亀 • (gwi, gyun) (hangeul 귀, 균, revised gwi, gyun, McCune–Reischauer kwi, kyun)
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