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鱉
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鳖
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turtle

HSK 10
Nature →Animals
biē
ヘツ
すっぽん
Phonosemantic compound. 魚 represents the meaning and 敝 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (鱉)
魚 fish+ 敝 break =
鱉 turtle
魚 Meaning component
fish
敝 Phonetic component
bì break
break, destroy
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Simplified (鳖)
鱼 Yu (surname)+ 敝 break =
鳖 turtle
鱼 Meaning component
yú Yu (surname)
fish
敝 Phonetic component
bì break
break, destroy
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Notes
Similar Characters
魠 rare魷 cuttlefish (alt) (trad)鮃 Flatfish A Flatfish (trad)鮑 abalone (trad)鮨 seasoned鮪 kind of sturgeon (trad)鮫 shark (trad)鮭 spheroides (trad)鮮 fresh (trad/jp)鯇 grass (trad)鯉 carp (trad)鯊 shark (alt) (trad)鯔 mullet (trad)鯕 coryphaena hippurus (trad)鯖 mackerel (iii) (trad)鯗 dried fish (alt) (trad)鯛 pagrosomus major (trad)鯡 herring (iii) (trad)鯢 cryptobranchus (trad)鯤 spawn (trad)
Chinese
鳖 / 鱉 [biē]
freshwater soft-shelled turtle
Japanese
鼈 すっぽん 、 べつ (old) 、 スッポン 同音

noun

  1. usually kana Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
  2. trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre
  3. bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
月とすっぽんだ。
They are as different as day and night.
CHINESE WORDS (11)
瓮中之鳖 [wèng​zhōng​zhī​biē] #37,963
lit. like a turtle in a jar
土鳖 [tǔ​biē] #30,311
ground beetle
瓮中捉鳖 [wèng​zhōng​zhuō​biē] #53,961
to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target
地鳖 [dì​biē] #59,182
Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM
山瑞鳖 [shān​ruì​biē]
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
斑鳖 [bān​biē]
Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
番木鳖碱 [fān​mù​biē​jiǎn]
strychnine (C21H22N2O2)
马鳖 [mǎ​biē]
leech
鳖甲 [biē​jiǎ]
turtle shell
鳖裙 [biē​qún]
calipash
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