Kanji

亀

亀

tortoise, turtle

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

龜部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ, キュウ, キン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かめ

Nanori (Name Reading)

あま, あや, かめ, すすむ, ながし, ひさ, ひさし

Example sentences

亀裂 きれつ
二人 の 関係 に 決定的な 亀裂 が 入った 。

A decisive rift appeared in their relationship.

亀頭 きとう
医師 は 亀頭 の 状態 を 確認 した 。

The doctor checked the condition of the glans penis.

亀 かめ
浦島太郎 は 助けた 亀 に 連れられて 竜宮城 へ 行った 。

Urashima Taro was taken to Ryugu-jo by the turtle he saved.

浦島太郎 うらしまたろう
浦島太郎 は 亀 を 助けた お礼 に 竜宮城 へ 連れて行かれた 。

Urashima Taro was taken to the Dragon Palace as a reward for saving a turtle.

鶴亀 つるかめ
鶴亀 は 、 古く から 長寿 の 象徴 として 親しまれている 。

Cranes and turtles have been loved as symbols of longevity since ancient times.

Example Vocabulary

亀裂

きれつ

fissure; crack; rift

亀頭

きとう

glans penis

亀

かめ

turtle; tortoise

海亀

うみがめ

出歯亀

でばかめ

霊亀

れいき

亀甲縛り

きっこうしばり

亀甲

きっこう

鶴亀

つるかめ

crane and turtle; symbols of longevity

陸亀

りくがめ

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