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鼈 = 敝 + 黽
鼈 is a Japanese kanji written with 25 strokes, listed here under the keyword “snapping turtle”. It is built from 敝 (shredder) and 黽 (frog). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 3000.
- Keyword
- snapping turtle
- RTK frame
- 3000
- Strokes
- 25
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ベツ, ヘツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すっぽん
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- ломать черепаху
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鼈 a fresh-water turtle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鼈 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “shredder” + “frog”. 鼈 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鼈 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.