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鳩 means turtle-dove (Turtur orientalis), pigeon, or dove.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
鴿 means turtle-dove, pigeon, or dove. This can refer to domestic or feral pigeons.
Note: There are a few other characters that can represent pigeons or doves.
鼈 refers to a species of turtle.
鼈 is Trionyx Sinensis.
鼈 refers to different turtles in different languages. See individual language notes below:
Japanese: 鼈 means “snapping turtle” or “mud turtle.” But rarely used as a single Kanji like this in Japanese.
Chinese: 鼈 means soft-shelled turtle. A specific species, Trionyx Sinensis is native to Asia.
In China, this species is related to the “wang ba,” a soft-shelled turtle sometimes known in English as a banjo turtle (due to its long neck, and general shape). Unfortunately, there is a word, “wang ba dan” which means the egg of this species of turtle. That term has come to mean “bastard” in Chinese (a turtle hatches from an abandoned egg, and does not know who his mother or father is). 鼈 is not a good selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese.
In Korean, this character can be pronounced (though most Koreans would have to look it up in a dictionary). It has not been in common use in Korea for at least a few hundred years.
General notes: You may notice that the bottom half of this character is the same as some other turtle-related titles. That bottom half is actually an ancient character that means “toad.” Though not seen in this way today, most turtle-related characters hold the meaning of “a toad with a shell” in their ancient origin. That toad character is rarely used alone anymore but you can see what it looks like in the image to the right.
...also means tortoise
龜 is the generic term for turtle in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. It's like saying “turtle” (or “tortoise”) without being specific about the species of turtle.
Please note that there are many special characters in Chinese and a few in Japanese that denote specific species of turtle and do not include this character. We can't possibly cover all of these species, but if you want a certain one, such as “loggerhead” or a “leatherback,” just contact me, and I'll do my best to research your special species.
If you noticed, I said species names that do not include this character. This is because, in much the same way we can do it in English by just saying, “loggerhead” instead of “loggerhead turtle,” the same can be done in Chinese and Japanese.
This may be hard to believe, but the image shown to the right is an alternate version of this character, which is currently used in Japan. This was originally an alternate form in ancient China for turtle - but it's so obscure now that most Chinese people would just think this is the Japanese version of turtle (I did a lot of research on this). The version shown in the upper left is traditional Chinese (also used in Korea 100+ years ago). It will generally not be recognized by the new generation of Japanese people. If your audience is Japanese, please click on the Kanji image shown to the right to have the calligrapher write that version (instead of clicking the button above).
Note: In Japanese, this Kanji is also a representation of long life. This is related to the fact that a tortoise can live for hundreds of years.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your japanese turtle search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鼈 鳖 see styles |
biē bie1 pieh suppon; betsu(ok); suppon すっぽん; べつ(ok); スッポン |
More info & calligraphy: Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame A turtle, tortoise. |
円 see styles |
yuán yuan2 yüan meguru めぐる |
yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆 (1) circle; (n,n-pref) (2) entirety; whole; full; complete; (3) (slang) money; dough; moola; (4) enclosure inside a castle's walls; (5) (ksb:) soft-shelled turtle; (suffix) (6) suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.; (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (female given name) Meguru |
水亀 see styles |
ishigame いしがめ |
(kana only) any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica) |
石亀 see styles |
ishigame いしがめ |
(kana only) any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica); (place-name, surname) Ishigame |
銭亀 see styles |
zenigame; zenigame ぜにがめ; ゼニガメ |
(kana only) (See 石亀) baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin; (surname) Zenigame |
龜船 龟船 see styles |
guī chuán gui1 chuan2 kuei ch`uan kuei chuan |
"turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4] |
嫩苗龜 嫩苗龟 see styles |
nèn miáo guī nen4 miao2 gui1 nen miao kuei |
Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head |
イシガメ see styles |
ishigame イシガメ |
(kana only) any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica) |
ゼニガメ see styles |
zenigame ゼニガメ |
(kana only) baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin |
日本石亀 see styles |
nihonishigame; nihonishigame にほんいしがめ; ニホンイシガメ |
(kana only) Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica) |
Variations: |
ishigame; ishigame いしがめ; イシガメ |
(kana only) any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica) |
ニホンイシガメ see styles |
nihonishigame ニホンイシガメ |
(kana only) Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Legendary Turtle | 伝説の亀 | densetsu no kame densetsunokame | ||
Pigeon Turtle-Dove | 鳩 鸠 | hato | jiū / jiu1 / jiu | chiu |
Dove Pigeon | 鴿 鸽 | hato | gē / ge1 / ge | ko |
Sea Turtle | 海亀 | umigame | ||
Japanese Snapping Turtle Chinese Soft Shell Turtle | 鼈 | suppon / supon | biē / bie1 / bie | pieh |
Japanese Snapping Turtle | 噛み付き亀 | ka mi tsu ki game kamitsukigame | ||
Turtle | 龜 龟 / 亀 | kame | guī / gui1 / gui | kuei |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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