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Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle

 biē
 suppon
 
Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle Scroll

鼈 refers to a species of turtle.

Sinensis Turtle

鼈 is Trionyx Sinensis.

鼈 refers to different turtles in different languages. See individual language notes below:

Japanese: 鼈 means “snapping turtle” or “mud turtle.” But rarely used as a single Kanji like this in Japanese.

Chinese: 鼈 means soft-shelled turtle. A specific species, Trionyx Sinensis is native to Asia.
In China, this species is related to the “wang ba,” a soft-shelled turtle sometimes known in English as a banjo turtle (due to its long neck, and general shape). Unfortunately, there is a word, “wang ba dan” which means the egg of this species of turtle. That term has come to mean “bastard” in Chinese (a turtle hatches from an abandoned egg, and does not know who his mother or father is). 鼈 is not a good selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese.

In Korean, this character can be pronounced (though most Koreans would have to look it up in a dictionary). It has not been in common use in Korea for at least a few hundred years.

General notes: You may notice that the bottom half of this character is the same as some other turtle-related titles. That bottom half is actually an ancient character that means “toad.” 黽 Though not seen in this way today, most turtle-related characters hold the meaning of “a toad with a shell” in their ancient origin. That toad character is rarely used alone anymore but you can see what it looks like in the image to the right.

Heart of Judo

 róu
 yawara
 
Heart of Judo Scroll

This 柔 Kanji literally means flexible, pliable, gentle, or yielding.

柔 is also the first Kanji of the Japanese martial arts titles of Judo and Jujutsu (Jujitsu). In those cases, it's pronounced “ju” in Japanese. However, alone, the classic pronunciation is “yawara.” Some translate this Kanji (in the context of martial arts) as “The Heart of Judo.”

Please note that this just means pliable, gentle, and yielding in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. They do know what Judo and Jujitsu are but if this character is seen alone in China or Korea, people generally will not think of the martial arts context.


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Kindness and Forgiving Nature

Peacefulness / Tranquility / Perfectly Quiet

Pleasant Feeling

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Quiet Warrior

Relax / Take It Easy

Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast

Smooth and Steady

Smooth Sailing

Stillness / Quiet / Calm

The Weak Are Meat, the Strong Eat

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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your soft search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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huò
    huo4
huo
 wataru
    わたる

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Peace / Harmony
to mix (ingredients) together; to blend; classifier for rinses of clothes; classifier for boilings of medicinal herbs
(1) (mathematics term) sum; (2) harmony; peace; (n,n-pref,adj-no) (3) Japan; Japanese-style; (noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial; (adj-nari) (archaism) tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; calm (at sea); lull; (given name) Wataru
Harmony, peace; to blend, mix; with, unite with; respond, rhyme.

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róu
    rou2
jou
 juu / ju
    じゅう

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Heart of Judo
soft; flexible; supple; yielding; rho (Greek letter Ρρ)
(ant: 剛) softness; gentleness; weakness; (surname, female given name) Yawara
Pliant, yielding, soft.


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wēn
    wen1
wen
 on

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Wyn
warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature; (bound form) mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); (TCM) fever; epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1])
Warm, mild, bland, gentle; acquainted with; to warm.


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biē
    bie1
pieh
 suppon; betsu(ok); suppon
    すっぽん; べつ(ok); スッポン
variant of 鱉|鳖[bie1]
(1) (kana only) Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); (2) (すっぽん only) trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; (3) (すっぽん only) bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships); (surname) Kame
A turtle, tortoise.

溫柔


温柔

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wēn róu
    wen1 rou2
wen jou

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Gentleness
gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)

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yuán
    yuan2
yüan
 meguru
    めぐる
yen (Japanese currency); Japanese variant of 圓|圆
(1) circle; (n,n-pref) (2) entirety; whole; full; complete; (3) (slang) money; dough; moola; (4) enclosure inside a castle's walls; (5) (ksb:) soft-shelled turtle; (suffix) (6) suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.; (1) yen; Japanese monetary unit; (2) circle; (female given name) Meguru


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tuán
    tuan2
t`uan
    tuan
 madoka
    まどか
round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)
(personal name) Madoka
Round; a ball, mass, lump; a group, company, train-band.

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háo
    hao2
hao
 gou / go
    ごう
hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan
(male given name) Gō
Down, soft hair; minute, trifling, tiny.


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làn
    lan4
lan
 ran
    らん
soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
(adj-t,adv-to) (rare) brilliant; bright; (female given name) Ran
Glittering, as iridescent fish.


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chóu
    chou2
ch`ou
    chou
 tsumugu
    つむぐ
silk
pongee (soft thin cloth woven from raw silk); (female given name) Tsumugu


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    xi4
hsi
 hoso
    ほそ
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
(1) (abbreviation) (See 細引き,細糸) fine thread; hempen cord; (prefix noun) (2) slender; narrow; weak; (suffix noun) (3) (as ぼそ) narrowness; (surname) Hososaki
Fine, small, minute, in detail: careful.

綿


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mián
    mian2
mien
 watazaki
    わたざき
silk floss; continuous; soft; weak; mild-mannered (dialect)
cotton; (surname) Watazaki
cotton

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ér
    er2
erh
overcooked; soft


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    ni4
ni
 ji
    あぶら
greasy; soft; unctuous; intimate; tired of
fat; tallow; lard; grease
oily

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róng
    rong2
jung
 kinoko
    きのこ
(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy
(kana only) mushroom; (female given name) Kinoko

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rěn
    ren3
jen
 e
    え
beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens); soft; weak
(archaism) (See 荏胡麻) egoma (type of perilla); Perilla frutescens var. frutescens
Nimi ; Nemi


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lìn
    lin4
lin
 i; i
    い; イ
juncus effusus
(kana only) (See イグサ) soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush; (female given name) Rin


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chù
    chu4
ch`u
    chu
 fure
    ふれ
to touch; to make contact with something; to stir up sb's emotions
(surname) Fure
To butt, strike against; contact. sparśa, touch, contact, collision, the quality of tangibility, feeling, sensation. M.W. Eleven kinds of sensation are given— hot, cold, hard, soft, etc. sparśa is one of the twelve nidānas, cf. 十二因緣, and of the sadāyatana, cf. 六入. It is also used with the meaning of 濁 unclean.


see styles
ruǎn
    ruan3
juan
 nan
    なん
soft; flexible
(adj-t,adv-to) soft
soft, yielding.


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qīng
    qing1
ch`ing
    ching
 kyō
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
Light; frivolous; to slight.


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ruǎn
    ruan3
juan
 nan
variant of 軟|软[ruan3]
Soft, yielding, pliant, supple.

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    su1
su
 so
    そ
flaky pastry; crunchy; limp; soft; silky
condensed milk
Curd, butter; crisp. It is described as produced by churning milk or treating it with herbs. Milk produces 酪, then 生酥, then 熟酥, then 醍醐.

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xiàn
    xian4
hsien
 arare
    あられ
graupel; snow pellet; soft hail
(1) (kana only) (See 雹) hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; (2) (kana only) {food} dicing; small cubes; (3) (abbreviation) (kana only) (See 霰餅) roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.); (place-name) Arare


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wéi
    wei2
wei
 uei / ue
    うえい
soft leather
(personal name) Uei
A thong; translit. for vi, ve, vai sounds.


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xíng
    xing2
hsing
maltose syrup; molasses; heavy (eyelids); drowsy-eyed; listless; (of dough, candy etc) to soften; to become soft and sticky

see styles
suǐ
    sui3
sui
 zui
marrow; essence; quintessence; pith (soft interior of plant stem)
marrow


see styles
biē
    bie1
pieh
freshwater soft-shelled turtle


see styles
miàn
    mian4
mien
flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
See:

see styles
suǐ
    sui3
sui
variant of 髓; marrow; essence; quintessence; pith (soft interior of plant stem)

ヤワ

see styles
 yawa
    ヤワ
(noun or adjectival noun) (kana only) soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Japanese Snapping Turtle
Chinese Soft Shell Turtle
suppon / suponbiē / bie1 / biepieh
Heart of Judoyawararóu / rou2 / roujou


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