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瑇 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「玉」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「玉」
On
タイたい · tai
Kun
たいまいtaimai
Meaning
the hawksbill turtle

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Jade 玉 with 毒 as phonetic: the hawksbill sea turtle, whose shell yields tortoiseshell.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 瑇瑁たいまい

    the hawksbill turtle

  • 玳瑁たいまい

    the same turtle, written another way

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

瑇瑁(たいまい)の甲(こう)は飴色(あめいろ)に透(す)ける。

The hawksbill’s shell is translucent, the colour of toffee.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

瑇瑁瑇瑁an imp…玫a fine…瑩to pol…璇a fine…王king玉ball兌to exc…彽to lin…紿to dec…棣the fl…詆to vil…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 玉Map of reading タイAll maps

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