Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: tortoise, turtle

Kunyomi: かめ

Onyomi: キュウ キン

Composition: 𠂊

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: second

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キレツ crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift

キッコウ tortoise shell

レイキ mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)

ホウキ Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

Kunyomi Examples

かめ tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon

かめあや high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

おかめ homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

出歯 でばかめ voyeur, Peeping Tom