龜

See also: 龟 and 亀
龜 U+9F9C, 龜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F9C
← 龛
[U+9F9B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 龝 →
[U+9F9D]
龜 U+F907, 龜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F907
← 句
[U+F906] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 龜 →
[U+F908]
龜 U+F908, 龜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F908
← 龜
[U+F907] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 契 →
[U+F909]
龜 U+FACE, 龜
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FACE
← 鬒
[U+FACD] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 𢡊 →
[U+FACF]

Translingual
Stroke order
Stroke order
(Hong Kong)
Stroke order
(alternative)
Traditional 龜
Shinjitai 亀
Simplified 龟

Han character

龜 (radical 213, 龜+0, 18 strokes in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean, 16 strokes in mainland China, cangjie input 竹月尸尸 (HBSS) or 弓X山 (NXU), four-corner 27117)

  1. Kangxi radical #213, ⿔.

Derived characters
  • Index:Chinese radical/龜

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: page 1537, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48847
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2078, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4809, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9F9C

Chinese
trad. 龜
simp. 龟
variant forms
 
亀
𪚧
𪚿
𪚨
𪚦
𬺞

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 龜
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (龜) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
鬮 *kʷɯ, *kʷruʔ
龜 *kʷɯ, *kʷrɯ

Pictogram (象形) .

Etymology 1

Austroasiatic. Compare Mon ဂွိ (kwìˀ, “freshwater turtle”), Nyah Kur [script needed] (thəwi̤iʔ, “freshwater soft-shelled tortoise”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation
Note:
  • ku - vernacular;
  • kui - literary.
Note:
  • 1jy - vernacular;
  • 1kue - literary.
Rime
Character 龜
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 脂 (18)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) Chongniu III
Fanqie 居追切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠiuɪ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʷᵚi/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiuɪ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kjwi/
Li
Rong		 /kjui/
Wang
Li		 /kwi/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kwi/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 guī
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 龜 龜
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 guī guī
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ kjuw › ‹ kwij ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʷə/ /*[k]ʷrə/
English tortoise tortoise

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 龜
Reading # 2/2
No. 4616
Phonetic
component		 龜
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 龜
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷrɯ/

Definitions

龜

  1. turtle; tortoise
  2. (figuratively) cuckold
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 烏龜 (“tortoise; turtle”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 龜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 烏龜
Mandarin Beijing 烏龜
Taiwan 烏龜
Harbin 龜
Shenyang 烏龜
Hailar 烏龜
Ulan Hot 烏龜
Tongliao 烏龜
Chifeng 烏龜, 王八
Bayanhot 烏龜
Jinan 烏龜
Luoyang 烏龜
Xi'an 烏龜, 龜
Xining 烏龜, 龜, 王八
Xuzhou 烏龜, 龜
Yinchuan 烏龜, 龜
Lanzhou 龜, 烏龜
Ürümqi 烏龜
Wuhan 烏龜, 四腳爬, 爬爬
Huanggang 王八
Chengdu 烏龜
Guiyang 烏龜
Liuzhou 烏龜
Kunming 烏龜
Yangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Nanjing 烏龜
Hefei 烏龜
Cantonese Guangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong 烏龜, 龜
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 昂龜
Foshan 烏龜
Shunde 烏龜
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 烏龜
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 烏龜
Taishan 烏龜
Kaiping (Chikan) 烏龜
Dongguan 烏龜, 龜
Shaoguan 烏龜
Yunfu 烏龜
Yangjiang 龜
Xinyi 烏龜
Lianjiang 烏龜
Kuala Lumpur 烏龜
Gan Nanchang 烏龜
Lichuan 烏龜
Pingxiang 烏龜
Hakka Meixian 烏龜, 龜仔
Yudu 烏龜
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 龜仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 龜仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 龜仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 龜
Hsinchu (Raoping) 龜
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 龜
Hong Kong 烏龜
Senai 烏龜
Huizhou Jixi 烏龜
Jin Taiyuan 王八, 烏龜, 龜
Baochang 烏龜
Jining 烏龜
Hohhot 王八
Baotou 烏龜
Dongsheng 王八
Linhe 烏龜
Haibowan 王八
Min Bei Jian'ou 烏龜
Min Dong Fuzhou 烏龜, 龜
Min Nan Xiamen 烏龜, 龜
Quanzhou 烏龜, 龜
Zhangzhou 烏龜, 龜
Taipei 龜
Kaohsiung 龜
Tainan 龜
Taichung 龜
Wuqi 龜
Hsinchu 龜
Taitung 龜
Lukang 龜
Yilan 龜
Magong 龜
Penang 龜
Singapore 龜, 烏龜
Chaozhou 烏龜, 龜
Johor Bahru 龜
Haikou 龜
Leizhou 龜
Pinghua Nanning 龜
Wu Shanghai 烏龜
Suzhou 烏龜
Wuxi 烏龜
Hangzhou 烏龜
Wenzhou 烏龜
Chongming 烏龜
Danyang 烏龜, 王八八, 王八
Jinhua 烏龜
Ningbo 烏龜, 王八
Xiang Changsha 烏龜, 王八
Shuangfeng 烏龜
Loudi 烏龜

Compounds
Derived terms from 龜

Etymology 2

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 龜
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居求切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kɨu/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kiu/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kuw/
Li
Rong		 /kiu/
Wang
Li		 /kĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ki̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiū
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 龜
Reading # 1/2
No. 4614
Phonetic
component		 龜
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 鳩
Old
Chinese		 /*kʷɯ/

Definitions

龜

  1. Only used in 龜茲／龟兹 (Qiūcí).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

龜

  1. (of skin) to crack; to become chapped

Compounds
Derived terms from 龜

Japanese

Shinjitai

 亀

Kyūjitai

 龜

Kanji
龜

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 亀)

  1. turtle

Readings
  • On (unclassified): き (ki); きゅう (kyū); きん (kin)
  • Kun: かめ (kame, 龜)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

龜 (eumhun 거북 귀 (geobuk gwi))

  1. tortoise, turtle

Etymology 2

Hanja

龜 (eumhun 땅 이름 구 (ttang ireum gu))

  1. Only used in 龜玆 (Guja)

Etymology 3

Hanja

龜 (eumhun 터질 균 (teojil gyun))

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Vietnamese

Han character

龜 (qui, quân, quy)

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