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龟
龜
guī
1. tortoise
2. turtle
Common • Top 8% ✏️ 16 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

龟
guī
turtle, tortoise; cuckold
7 丶

Compound Words (20)

六龟
Liùguī
Liugui or Liukuei township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
海龟
hǎiguī
turtle
乌龟
wūguī
tortoise
督龟
dūguī
to doze off (Taiwanese)
金龟
jīnguī
tortoise
龟公
guīgōng
pimp
龟山
Guīshān
Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county [[桃園縣|桃园县<Táoyuánxiàn>]], north Taiwan
龟板
guībǎn
tortoise plastron
龟壳
guīké
tortoise shell
龟毛
guīmáo
indecisive
龟甲
guījiǎ
tortoiseshell
龟缩
guīsuō
to withdraw
龟船
guīchuán
"turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 [[壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱<rénchénwōluàn>]]
龟趺
guīfū
pedestal in the form of a tortoise
龟头
guītóu
head of a turtle
九尾龟
jiǔwěiguī
nine-tailed turtle of mythology
六龟乡
Liùguīxiāng
Liugui or Liukuei township in Kaohsiung county [[高雄縣|高雄县<Gāoxióngxiàn>]], southwest Taiwan
嫩苗龟
Nènmiáoguī
Turtwig, Japanese comic character, turtle with seedling growing out of its head
忍者龟
RěnzhěGuī
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Tw)
乌龟壳
wūguīké
tortoise shell

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Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
2,391
Word Frequency Rank
6,865 of 84,292
Radical Number
213

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