龜 (guī)

Turtle; tortoise.

How 龜 is written

Strokes
18
Traditional
龜
Simplified
龟

Common words using 龜

烏龜 wūguī
tortoise; cuckold
海龜 hǎiguī
turtle
金龜 jīnguī
tortoise; scarab beetle
龜兒子 guīérzi
son of a turtle (vulgar)
龜殼 guīké
tortoise shell
龜毛 guīmáo
indecisive; fussy; nitpicking (Taiwan dialect)
龜縮 guīsuō
to withdraw; to hole up
龜裂 jūnliè
to crack; cracked; fissured
龜頭 guītóu
head of a turtle; glans penis
金龜子 jīnguīzǐ
scarab (Scarabeus sacer); beetle
龜山 guīshān
Guishan or Kueishan township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
龜殼花 guīkéhuā
Formosan pit viper; Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus

龜 in a sentence

烏龜爬得很慢。

Wūguī pá de hěn màn.

“Turtles crawl very slowly.”

How common is 龜?

龜 is the 2,387th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.3% of all running text.

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