鼈
biē
a fresh-water turtle
Seal script
Clerical script
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
freshwater soft-shelled turtle | ||
lit. like a turtle in a jar | ||
ground beetle | ||
a turkey shoot | ||
Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM |
Not found in HSK word list
3960th most common character in books
Strokes | 24 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9F08 |
Shuowen | “鼈,甲蟲也。从黽,敝聲。” |