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龟

龜
jūn
#2,387 most
frequent character
variant of 皸|皲[jun1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

龟 guī shows a turtle. In the old form 龜, the head points up, the tail down right, feet left, and shell right. 龟 is a short form of 龜, reshaped from old script forms. It means tortoise or turtle.

Drawn as: turtle; head up; tail down right; feet left; shell right

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Same Characters, Different Readings

龟guī
turtle
龟qiū
used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]

Homophones

军jūn
(bound form) army, military
君jūn
monarch, lord, gentleman, ruler
均jūn
equal, even, all, uniform
菌jūn
germ, bacteria, fungus, mold

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