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Shell in Chinese / Japanese...

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 qiào
 koku
 
Shell Scroll

殼 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word that means shell or carapace.

This can also refer to the earth's crust or the husk of a seed or nut.

Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle

 biē
 suppon
 
Japanese Snapping Turtle / Chinese Soft Shell Turtle Scroll

鼈 refers to a species of turtle.

Sinensis Turtle

鼈 is Trionyx Sinensis.

鼈 refers to different turtles in different languages. See individual language notes below:

Japanese: 鼈 means “snapping turtle” or “mud turtle.” But rarely used as a single Kanji like this in Japanese.

Chinese: 鼈 means soft-shelled turtle. A specific species, Trionyx Sinensis is native to Asia.
In China, this species is related to the “wang ba,” a soft-shelled turtle sometimes known in English as a banjo turtle (due to its long neck, and general shape). Unfortunately, there is a word, “wang ba dan” which means the egg of this species of turtle. That term has come to mean “bastard” in Chinese (a turtle hatches from an abandoned egg, and does not know who his mother or father is). 鼈 is not a good selection for a wall scroll if your audience is Chinese.

In Korean, this character can be pronounced (though most Koreans would have to look it up in a dictionary). It has not been in common use in Korea for at least a few hundred years.

General notes: You may notice that the bottom half of this character is the same as some other turtle-related titles. That bottom half is actually an ancient character that means “toad.” 黽 Though not seen in this way today, most turtle-related characters hold the meaning of “a toad with a shell” in their ancient origin. That toad character is rarely used alone anymore but you can see what it looks like in the image to the right.

 sheru
Shell Scroll

シェル is the name Shell in Japanese Katakana.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.


These search terms might be related to Shell:

Armor

Defense / Defend

Hide / Shelter / Shield

Rose Flowers Given, Frangrance Remains on Hands of Giver

Self-Defense

Shield

Not the results for shell that you were looking for?

Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shell search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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qiào
    qiao4
ch`iao
    chiao
 koku

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Shell
(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. [ke2]
Husk, shell.

バテイラ

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 bateira / batera
    バテイラ
(kana only) Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)

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jiè
    jie4
chieh
 tasuku
    たすく
to introduce; to lie between; between; shell; armor
(given name) Tasuku
scales, mail: important; resolute, firm; an attendant; petty, small.

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dài
    dai4
tai
 taikou / taiko
    たいこう
tortoise shell; turtle
(given name) Taikou

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    ke1
k`o
    ko
 ka
jade-like stone
White jade shell; translit. k, khr.

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quán
    quan2
ch`üan
    chüan
jade; shell

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jiǎ
    jia3
chia
 kou / ko
    こう
first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; (used for an unspecified person or thing); first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc); letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; armor plating; shell or carapace; (of the fingers or toes) nail; bladed leather or metal armor (old); ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old); civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old); ancient Chinese compass point: 75°
(1) carapace; shell; (2) 1st in rank; grade A; (3) instep; back of hand; (4) {law} (See 乙・おつ・1) the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents); (surname) Yoroi
Scale, mail; the first of the ten 'celestial stems '.

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    pi2
p`i
    pi
 kawa
    かわ
leather; skin; fur; CL:張|张[zhang1]; pico- (one trillionth); naughty
(1) (See 革) skin; hide; pelt; fur; (2) rind; peel; husk; bark; (3) shell; sheath; wrapping; (4) (See 化けの皮) mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming; (personal name) Hi
皮革 Leather, skin, hide.

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 kaki
    かき
(kana only) oyster; oyster shell

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    fu1
fu
husk; outside shell of grain


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jiá
    jia2
chia
 saya
    さや
pod (botany)
shell (e.g. of a pea); pod; hull; (female given name) Sayaka

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    ba1
pa
a kind of shell

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 awabi
    あわび
(kana only) abalone; ear shell; (place-name) Awabi


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tuì
    tui4
t`ui
    tui
 monuke
    もぬけ
    nukegara
    ぬけがら
skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell
shed skin of snake, insect, etc. (also place left behind); cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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luó
    luo2
lo
 horagai
    ほらがい
spiral shell; snail; conch
(kana only) small spiral-shelled snail; (1) (kana only) whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.); (2) small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail); (out-dated or obsolete kana usage) small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail); (surname) Horagai
A conch, snail, spiral, screw.

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zhuó
    zhuo2
cho
(ape); (shell)


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    li4
li
 ka
    か
oyster
(kana only) oyster; oyster shell; (surname) Ka


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bèi
    bei4
pei
 bai; bai
    ばい; バイ
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
(1) (kana only) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbreviation) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell); (female given name) Sheru
śaṅkha a shell, cowry, conch; valuables, riches; a large trumpet sounded to call the assembly together.

see styles
hái
    hai2
hai
 kaiji
    かいじ
bones of the body
(dead) body; corpse; shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff; (personal name) Kaiji


see styles
bào
    bao4
pao
 boo
    ぼお
abalone
(kana only) abalone; ear shell; (surname) Boo


see styles

    fu4
fu
 fugu
    ふぐ
    awabi
    あわび
Haliotis gigantea; sea ear
(kana only) puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish; (kana only) abalone; ear shell

亀卜

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 kiboku
    きぼく
    kameura
    かめうら
tortoise-shell divination

亀甲

see styles
 kitsukou / kitsuko
    きつこう
tortoise shell; (personal name) Kitsukou

五通

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wǔ tōng
    wu3 tong1
wu t`ung
    wu tung
 gotsuu / gotsu
    ごつう
bottom bracket shell (in a bicycle frame); (Buddhism) the five supernatural powers (abbr. for 五神通[wu3 shen2tong1])
(surname) Gotsuu
v. 五神通.

交錢


交钱

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jiāo qián
    jiao1 qian2
chiao ch`ien
    chiao chien
to pay up; to shell out; to hand over the money to cover something

介殻

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 kaikaku
    かいかく
sea shell

介殼


介壳

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jiè qiào
    jie4 qiao4
chieh ch`iao
    chieh chiao
(zoology) shell

介甲

see styles
 kaikou / kaiko
    かいこう
crust-like shell

借殼


借壳

see styles
jiè ké
    jie4 ke2
chieh k`o
    chieh ko
(finance) to acquire a company as a shell

價層


价层

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jià céng
    jia4 ceng2
chia ts`eng
    chia tseng
valency shell (chemistry)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Shell
kokuqiào / qiao4 / qiaoch`iao / chiao
Japanese Snapping Turtle
Chinese Soft Shell Turtle
suppon / suponbiē / bie1 / biepieh
Shellシェルsheru
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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