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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.


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

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


see styles
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.

田鼈

see styles
 tagame
    たがめ
(kana only) Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

石鼈

see styles
 hizaragai
    ひざらがい
    jiigase / jigase
    じいがせ
(1) (kana only) chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; (2) Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

鼈奴

see styles
 beccharo
    べっちゃろ
(place-name) Beccharo

鼈甲

see styles
 bekkou / bekko
    べっこう
(1) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (2) (in Chinese medicine) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

鼈茸

see styles
 suppontake; suppontake
    すっぽんたけ; スッポンタケ
(kana only) common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

鼈頭

see styles
 goutou / goto
    ごうとう
(place-name) Goutou

月と鼈

see styles
 tsukitosuppon
    つきとすっぽん
(expression) 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

藻鼈川

see styles
 mobetsugawa
    もべつがわ
(personal name) Mobetsugawa

藻鼈橋

see styles
 mobetsubashi
    もべつばし
(place-name) Mobetsubashi

鼈宮谷

see styles
 bekkuya
    べっくや
(surname) Bekkuya

鼈甲屋

see styles
 betsukouya / betsukoya
    べつこうや
(surname) Betsukouya

鼈甲斎

see styles
 bekkousai / bekkosai
    べっこうさい
(surname) Bekkousai

鼈甲色

see styles
 bekkouiro / bekkoiro
    べっこういろ
amber (colour, color)

鼈甲蜂

see styles
 bekkoubachi / bekkobachi
    べっこうばち
spider wasp; pompilid

鼈甲飴

see styles
 bekkouame / bekkoame
    べっこうあめ
hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy

鼈甲餡

see styles
 bekkouan / bekkoan
    べっこうあん
(food term) tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.

鼈頭洲

see styles
 bettosu
    べっとす
(place-name) Bettosu

鼈鼻蛇

see styles
biē bí shé
    bie1 bi2 she2
pieh pi she
a type of poisonous snake

鼈不愼ロ

see styles
biē bù shèn
    bie1 bu4 shen4
pieh pu shen
The tortoise, clinging to a stick with its mouth, being carried in fight, warned not to open its mouth to speak, yet did, fell and perished; moral, guard your lips.

鼈不愼口

see styles
biē bù shèn xì
    bie1 bu4 shen4 xi4
pieh pu shen hsi
the tortoise not daring to speak

鼈甲あん

see styles
 bekkouan / bekkoan
    べっこうあん
(food term) tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.

鼈甲細工

see styles
 bekkouzaiku / bekkozaiku
    べっこうざいく
article of tortoise shell; tortoiseshell work

Variations:
べっ甲
鼈甲

see styles
 bekkou / bekko
    べっこう
(1) (See タイマイ) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (2) (in Chinese medicine) (See スッポン・1) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

Variations:
田鼈
水爬虫

see styles
 tagame; tagame
    たがめ; タガメ
(kana only) Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

Variations:
鼈甲
べっ甲

see styles
 bekkou / bekko
    べっこう
(1) (See 玳瑁) tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; (2) (in Chinese medicine) (See 鼈・1) tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

Variations:
べっこう飴
鼈甲飴

see styles
 bekkouame / bekkoame
    べっこうあめ
(See 鼈甲色) hard candy; candy suckers molded on a griddle; tortoise-shell candy

Variations:
膝皿貝
火皿貝
石鼈
爺が背

see styles
 hizaragai(膝皿貝, 火皿貝, 石); jiigase(石, 爺ga背); hizaragai / hizaragai(膝皿貝, 火皿貝, 石); jigase(石, 爺ga背); hizaragai
    ひざらがい(膝皿貝, 火皿貝, 石鼈); じいがせ(石鼈, 爺が背); ヒザラガイ
(1) (kana only) chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; (2) Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

Variations:
月とスッポン
月とすっぽん
月と鼈

see styles
 tsukitosuppon(月tosuppon); tsukitosuppon(月tosuppon, 月to)
    つきとスッポン(月とスッポン); つきとすっぽん(月とすっぽん, 月と鼈)
(exp,n) (idiom) two things that superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; the Moon and a turtle

Variations:
べっ甲あん
鼈甲餡
べっ甲餡
鼈甲あん

see styles
 bekkouan / bekkoan
    べっこうあん
{food} tortoiseshell sauce; thickened sauce of dashi, soy, mirin, etc.

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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


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