鼈 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

snapping turtle, fresh-water turtle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ベツ
  • ヘツ
Kun (native)
  • すっぽん
Other languages
  • 拼音bie1
  • 한글byeol
  • Hán-ViệtMiết

Basics

Strokes
25 strokes
Radical
黽(べんあし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+9F08

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱敝黽

Words using this kanji

  • すっぽんChinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis), soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae), trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre, bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
  • 鼈茸すっぽんたけcommon stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)
  • 鼈甲色べっこういろamber (colour, color)
  • 鼈甲蜂べっこうばちspider wasp, pompilid
  • 鼈甲細工べっこうざいくarticle of tortoise shell, tortoiseshell work

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(6 results)

Similar-looking kanji

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-12-13
Four Corner
9871.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4i20.1
Heisig
3000
Nelson
5413