What does kanji 鼈 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 鼈 is fresh-water turtle.

How is kanji 鼈 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 鼈 are すっぽん; the onyomi readings are ヘツ, ベツ.

What words use kanji 鼈?

Example words that use kanji 鼈 include べっこう飴, べっ甲, べっ甲あん, 鼈.

Kanken 1

鼈

Meaning

Kanji 鼈

fresh-water turtle

fresh-water turtle, snapping turtle

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: すっぽん
Onyomi 音読み: ヘツベツ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 25
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 鱉 • 鷩 • 龞 • 敝 • 幣 • 弊 • 蔽

Related vocabulary

11 common entries

Showing 11 of 11 entries that include this kanji.

べっこう飴

べっこうあめ

hard candy

べっ甲

べっこう

tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)

べっ甲あん

べっこうあん

tortoiseshell sauce

鼈

すっぽん

bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)

鼈甲細工

べっこうざいく

article of tortoise shell

鼈甲色

べっこういろ

amber (colour, color)

鼈甲蜂

べっこうばち

spider wasp

鼈茸

すっぽんたけ

common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus)

月とスッポン

つきとすっぽん

two things that superficially similar but completely different

田鼈

たがめ

Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

膝皿貝

ひざらがい

Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

池で大きな鼈を見かけた。

I saw a large fresh-water turtle in the pond.

鼈は水の中を静かに泳いでいた。

The turtle was swimming quietly in the water.

その図鑑には鼈の特徴が詳しく書かれている。

That field guide describes the features of the fresh-water turtle in detail.

鼈は怒るとかみつくことがある。

A snapping turtle may bite when it gets angry.

川辺で鼈の足あとを見つけた。

I found the tracks of a fresh-water turtle by the river.