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鳖
鱉
biē
1. freshwater soft-shelled turtle
Common • Top 12%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

鳖
biē
turtle
19 丶

Compound Words (10)

土鳖
tǔbiē
ground beetle
地鳖
dìbiē
Chinese ground beetle (Eupolyphaga sinensis), used in TCM
斑鳖
bānbiē
Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species
马鳖
mǎbiē
leech
鳖甲
biējiǎ
turtle shell
鳖裙
biēqún
calipash
山瑞鳖
shānruìbiē
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
瓮中之鳖
wèngzhōngzhībiē
lit. like a turtle in a jar
瓮中捉鳖
wèngzhōngzhuōbiē
to catch a turtle in a jar (idiom); to set oneself an easy target
番木鳖碱
fānmùbiējiǎn
strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

Alternate Entries

鳖
biē
variant of [[鱉|鳖<biē>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,959
Word Frequency Rank
10,298 of 84,292