龟

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tortoise; turtle; (coll.) cuckold

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Formation & memory

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Pictograph (象形字)

A turtle; compare 龜

Components ⺈电

tortoise · Heisig RSH #2941

bound up + 电 electricity

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
老鼠拉龟，无从下手	lǎo shǔ lā guī , wú cóng xià shǒu	like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom); no clue where to st…
龟儿子	guī ér zi	(coll.) bastard; son of a bitch
金龟子	jīn guī zǐ	scarab
金龟车	Jīn guī chē	(Tw) Volkswagen Beetle
龟尾市	Guī wěi Shì	Gumi, city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
缩头乌龟	suō tóu wū guī	a turtle that pulls its head in; (fig.) coward; chicken
龟甲万	Guī jiǎ wàn	Kikkoman, Japanese soy sauce and seasoning brand
龟头	guī tóu	head of a turtle; glans penis
海龟	hǎi guī	turtle; Internet slang for 海歸\|海归[hai3 gui1]
金龟	jīn guī	tortoise; scarab beetle
龟公	guī gōng	pimp
忍者神龟	Rěn zhě Shén guī	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, US comic book series, first appeared in 1984, also films, vi…
九尾龟	jiǔ wěi guī	nine-tailed turtle of mythology; The Nine-tailed Turtle, novel by late Qing novelist Zhang…
龟孙子	guī sūn zi	(coll.) son of a bitch; bastard
龟背竹	guī bèi zhú	split-leaf philodendron; Monstera deliciosa
龟板	guī bǎn	tortoise plastron; turtle shell
粪金龟子	fèn jīn guī zǐ	dung beetle
龟毛	guī máo	(Tw) (coll.) indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ku-moo])
龟壳花	guī ké huā	Formosan pit viper (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)
龟甲宝螺	guī jiǎ bǎo luó	Mauritius cowry; Mauritia mauritiana