11 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

tortoise, turtle

Kun'yomi
  • tortoise ②heavy drinker ③turtle crest
On'yomi
  • キュウ
  • キン
Nanori
  • ひさ
  • ひさし

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

かめ 84.9%
15.1%

Character Breakdown

tortoise, turtle
かめ キ キュウ (11th, N1)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
lightning, electricity
hidden, mysterious, secret
イン オン かく.す

Contained In

Common Words

tortoise ②heavy drinker ③turtle crest
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
young turtle (tortoise) ②turtle (tortoise) shell
turtle scooping (festival game)
glans (esp. glans penis)
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References

Unicode hex code 4E80
JIS X 0208 1-21-21
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 5445
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 62
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2128
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2637
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1346
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1826
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 534
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 573
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1288
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 1531
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1921
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 210
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2284
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1889
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 540
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2n9.1
Four corner code 2771.6