鼈

See also: 龞, 鱉, and 鳖
鼈 U+9F08, 鼈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F08
← 鼇
[U+9F07] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鼉 →
[U+9F09]

Translingual

Han character

鼈 (Kangxi radical 205, 黽+12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 火大口難山 (FKRXU), composition ⿱敝黽)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1524, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48305
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2060, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4771, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9F08

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : phonetic 敝 (OC *beds, *bed) + semantic 黽.

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 鼈 – see 鱉.
(This character is a variant form of 鱉).

Japanese

Kanji
鼈

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Compounds
Compounds
  • 鼈羹(べっかん) (bekkan)
  • 鼈主簿(べっしゅぼ)伝(でん) (Besshubo-den)
  • 鼈甲(べっこう) (bekkō, “tortoiseshell”)
  • 鼈霊(べつれい) (betsurei)
  • 魚鼈(ぎょべつ) (gyobetsu)
  • 田(た)鼈(がめ) (tagame)
  • 水鼈(トチカガミ) (tochikagami)
  • 鼈亀(とちがめ) (tochigame)
  • 石鼈(ヒザラガイ) (hizaragai)
  • 番木鼈(マチン) (machin)

Alternative forms
鼈 (suppon)
Kanji in this term
鼈
すっぽん
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

Unknown, theories include:

  1. Shift from スホン (suhon), the sound when it jumps into a river:
    /sufon/ → /suppon/
  2. Corruption of 朱盆 (shubon, literally “vermillion tray”), from the resemblance of its shell:
    /ɕubon/ → /ɕuppon/ → /suppon/

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) すっぽん [sùppóń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sɨ̥ᵝp̚põ̞ɴ]

Noun

鼈(すっぽん) or 鼈(スッポン) • (suppon) 

  1. a Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis
    Synonym: 鼈亀 (tochigame)
    Hypernym: 亀 (kame)
  2. (theater) in kabuki, a trapdoor located on the 花道 (hanamichi, “walkway through the audience to the stage”)
  3. (nautical) a bilge pump used on a 和船 (wasen, “traditional Japanese ship”)
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 鼈(すっぽん)仕立(じた)て (suppon-jitate)
  • 鼈(スッポン)茸(タケ) (suppontake, “common stinkhorn”, Phallus impudicus)
  • 鼈(すっぽん)鍋(なべ) (suppon nabe)
  • 鼈(すっぽん)煮(に) (suppon-ni)
  • 鼈(スッポン)擬(モドキ) (suppon-modoki)
  • 支那(シナ)鼈(スッポン) (Shina suppon)
Idioms
Proverbs
  • 鼈(すっぽん)が時(とき)をつくる (suppon ga toki o tsukuru)

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
鼈
べつ
Hyōgaiji
kan’yōon

From Middle Chinese 鱉 (MC pjiet).

Pronunciation

Noun

鼈(べつ) • (betsu) 

  1. (rare) a Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis
Proverbs
  • 鼈(べつ)人(ひと)を食(く)わんとして却(かえ)って人(ひと)に食(く)わる (betsu hito o kuwan to shite kaette hito ni kuwaru)
  • 月鼈(げつべつ) (getsubetsu, “the moon and suppon (seem alike but are different) → like chalk and cheese”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鼈 • (byeol) (hangeul 별, McCune–Reischauer pyŏl, Yale pyel)

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