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龟

guī
HSK 7-94 readings

“Tortoise” in Chinese is 龟 (guī).

Other characters with the syllable gui: see all 11 →

Meaning

  • tortoise; turtle
  • (coll.) cuckold
  • variant of 皸|皲[jun1]
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  • used in 龜茲|龟兹[Qiu1 ci2]

Example

给我买只乌龟吧,妈妈,求你给我买只乌龟吧!

Buy me a turtle, Mom, please buy me a turtle!

From 乌龟 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • guītortoise; turtle / (coll.) cuckold
  • jūnvariant of 皸|皲
  • qiūused in 龜茲|龟兹

Stroke Order

7 strokes

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