鼈
Readings
Kana:
ベツ、ヘツ、すっぽん
Romaji:
betsu, hetsu, suppon
Meanings
snapping turtle, fresh-water turtle
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
25
Radical Number:
205
Frequency:
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
2-12-13
Korean Reading:
byeol
Chinese Reading:
bie1
Unicode:
9f08
JIS:
7368
Indexes
Nelson Index: 5413
New Nelson Index: 7073
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 4i20.1
Four Corner Index: 9871.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 48305
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.1047
Remembering the kanji Index: 3000
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 3000
Words
鼈
(すっぽん、スッポン)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
鼈甲
(べっこう)
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (in Chinese medicine) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
べっこう飴
(べっこうあめ)
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy
膝皿貝
(ひざらがい、じいがせ、ヒザラガイ)
chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
鼈甲蜂
(べっこうばち)
spider wasp; pompilid
月と鼈
(つきとすっぽん)
like chalk and cheese (superficially similar, but completely different) (the moon and a turtle shell are both round, but they are otherwise completely different); like day and night; like the difference between heaven and hell
鼈甲色
(べっこういろ)
amber (colour, color)
田鼈
(たがめ、タガメ)
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
鼈甲細工
(べっこうざいく)
article of tortoise shell; tortoiseshell work
鼈茸
(すっぽんたけ、スッポンタケ)
common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)