亀
Let’s learn Japanese kanji for turtle, 亀!
今回の漢字は『亀』です。
亀 - かめ a turtle, a tortoise, a terrapin 🐢
亀甲, 亀の甲- きっこう、かめのこう a tortoise shell
亀の子 - かめのこ a young turtle/tortoise/terrapin
亀裂 - きれつ a crack, a crevice, a cleft
亀鑑の - きかんの a model, a good example an exemplar
オカメ a plain-looking woman, ”plain Jane” with a round face
(just like on the image below!)
P.S. Do you know that the turtle is one of the 214 radicals featured in Kangxi’s Dictionary from 1716?
龜
Don’t worry, you don’t need to memorise THAT stroke order! 😌 The original character had evolved over the years, and had been independently simplified in both Japan and China:
🇯🇵 亀
🇨🇳 龟
