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殼 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word that means shell or carapace.
This can also refer to the earth's crust or the husk of a seed or nut.
鼈 refers to a species of 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.” 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.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shell search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
殼 壳 see styles |
qiào qiao4 ch`iao chiao koku |
More info & calligraphy: ShellHusk, shell. |
バテイラ see styles |
bateira / batera バテイラ |
(kana only) Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell) |
介 see styles |
jiè jie4 chieh tasuku たすく |
to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor (given name) Tasuku scales, mail: important; resolute, firm; an attendant; petty, small. |
玳 see styles |
dài dai4 tai taikou / taiko たいこう |
tortoise shell; turtle (given name) Taikou |
珂 see styles |
kē ke1 k`o ko ka |
jade-like stone White jade shell; translit. k, khr. |
瑔 see styles |
quán quan2 ch`üan chüan |
jade; shell |
甲 see styles |
jiǎ jia3 chia kou / ko こう |
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75° (1) carapace; shell; (2) 1st in rank; grade A; (3) instep; back of hand; (4) {law} (See 乙・おつ・1) the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents); (surname) Yoroi Scale, mail; the first of the ten 'celestial stems '. |
皮 see styles |
pí pi2 p`i pi kawa かわ |
leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty (1) (See 革) skin; hide; pelt; fur; (2) rind; peel; husk; bark; (3) shell; sheath; wrapping; (4) (See 化けの皮) mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming; (personal name) Hi 皮革 Leather, skin, hide. |
硴 see styles |
kaki かき |
(kana only) oyster; oyster shell |
稃 see styles |
fū fu1 fu |
husk; outside shell of grain |
莢 荚 see styles |
jiá jia2 chia saya さや |
pod (botany) shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull; (female given name) Sayaka |
蚆 see styles |
bā ba1 pa |
a kind of shell |
蚫 see styles |
awabi あわび |
(kana only) abalone; ear shell; (place-name) Awabi |
蛻 蜕 see styles |
tuì tui4 t`ui tui monuke もぬけ nukegara ぬけがら |
skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell shed skin of snake, insect, etc. (also place left behind); cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae |
螺 see styles |
luó luo2 lo horagai ほらがい |
spiral shell; snail; conch (kana only) small spiral-shelled snail; (1) (kana only) whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.); (2) small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail); (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail); (surname) Horagai A conch, snail, spiral, screw. |
蠗 see styles |
zhuó zhuo2 cho |
(ape); (shell) |
蠣 蛎 see styles |
lì li4 li ka か |
oyster (kana only) oyster; oyster shell; (surname) Ka |
貝 贝 see styles |
bèi bei4 pei bai; bai ばい; バイ |
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic) (1) (kana only) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbreviation) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell); (female given name) Sheru śaṅkha a shell, cowry, conch; valuables, riches; a large trumpet sounded to call the assembly together. |
骸 see styles |
hái hai2 hai kaiji かいじ |
bones of the body (dead) body; corpse; shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff; (personal name) Kaiji |
鮑 鲍 see styles |
bào bao4 pao boo ぼお |
abalone (kana only) abalone; ear shell; (surname) Boo |
鰒 鳆 see styles |
fù fu4 fu fugu ふぐ awabi あわび |
Haliotis gigantea; sea ear (kana only) puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish; (kana only) abalone; ear shell |
亀卜 see styles |
kiboku きぼく kameura かめうら |
tortoise-shell divination |
亀甲 see styles |
kitsukou / kitsuko きつこう |
tortoise shell; (personal name) Kitsukou |
五通 see styles |
wǔ tōng wu3 tong1 wu t`ung wu tung gotsuu / gotsu ごつう |
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame); (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2tong1]) (surname) Gotsuu v. 五神通. |
交錢 交钱 see styles |
jiāo qián jiao1 qian2 chiao ch`ien chiao chien |
to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover something |
介殻 see styles |
kaikaku かいかく |
sea shell |
介殼 介壳 see styles |
jiè qiào jie4 qiao4 chieh ch`iao chieh chiao |
(zoology) shell |
介甲 see styles |
kaikou / kaiko かいこう |
crust-like shell |
借殼 借壳 see styles |
jiè ké jie4 ke2 chieh k`o chieh ko |
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell |
價層 价层 see styles |
jià céng jia4 ceng2 chia ts`eng chia tseng |
valency shell (chemistry) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Shell | シェル | sheru | ||
Shell | 殼 壳 | koku | qiào / qiao4 / qiao | ch`iao / chiao |
Japanese Snapping Turtle Chinese Soft Shell Turtle | 鼈 | suppon / supon | biē / bie1 / bie | pieh |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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