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Kanji Detail for 玳 - "hawksbill"
玳
- Meaning
玳 means "hawksbill."
Hawksbill - A sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae (used in compound 玳瑁).
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The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
tortoise shell
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
tortoise shell
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
tortoise shell; turtle
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
tortoise shell
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
玳瑁 (hawksbill turtle). A type of reptile. Mostly found in oceans. Shape like a turtle with a pointed beak. Has thirteen pieces of shell like fish scales. Yellow in color with black spots. Can be polished to make ornaments.
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