鼈

See also 龞, and 鱉

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 敝 + semantic 黽

Han character

鼈 (radical 205 黽+12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 火大口X山 (FKRXU))

1. a fresh-water turtle, Trionyx sinensis

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鼈 (Yale bit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

鼈 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: べつ (betsu), へつ (hetsu)
• Kun: すっぽん (suppon)

Noun

鼈 (hiragana すっぽん, katakana スッポン, romaji suppon)

1. Chinese softshell turtle

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Korean

Hanja

鼈 (hangeul 별, revised byeol, McCune-Reischauer pyŏl, Yale pyel)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鼈 (pinyin biē (bie1), Wade-Giles pieh¹)