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Readings

Kana: ベツ、ヘツ、すっぽん
Romaji: betsu, hetsu, suppon
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

snapping turtle, fresh-water turtle

Stroke Diagram

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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

(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)
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