瑁 — 13 strokes / Radical「王」
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- On
- マイ・バイ・ボウ・モウまい・ばい・ぼう・もう · mai · bai · bō · mō
- Kun
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- Meaning
- an imperial jade; the hawksbill turtle
Stroke order
Origin
Jade 玉 with 冒 as phonetic: the jade the sovereign laid over a vassal’s; in 玳瑁, the hawksbill turtle.
Compounds
- 玳瑁たいまい
the hawksbill turtle
- 鼈甲べっこう
tortoiseshell
- 瑇瑁たいまい
Example
玳瑁の甲で櫛を作る。
Combs are made from the shell of the hawksbill.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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