鳖
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softshell turtle
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 魚 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 鱉
- Common rank
- #2,806
- Unicode
- U+9CD6
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Formation & memory
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Words with 鳖
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龟笑鳖无尾 | lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom); fig. the pot… | |
| 木鳖果 | gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis) | |
| 山瑞鳖 | wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri) | |
| 瓮中之鳖 | lit. like a turtle in a jar; to be trapped (idiom) | |
| 地鳖 | Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM | |
| 马鳖 | leech | |
| 番木鳖碱 | strychnine (C21H22N2O2) | |
| 土鳖 | ground beetle; (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1], has ne… | |
| 鳖边 | (dialect) the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace | |
| 鳖甲 | turtle shell | |
| 斑鳖 | Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species | |
| 瓮中捉鳖 | (lit.) to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); (fig.) to go after easy prey | |
| 鳖裙 | the edible gelatinous fringe of a softshell turtle's carapace |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 敝 — compare how they read.