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Kanji Detail for 蠑 - "newt, turban shell"
蠑
- Meaning
蠑 means "newt, turban shell."
Newt - An amphibian of the family Salamandridae (used in compound 蠑螈).
Turban shell - A marine gastropod of the family Turbinidae (used in compound 蠑螺).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
newt; turban shell
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
lizard
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
salamander
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
lizard
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
蠑螈 (newt). An amphibian. Body is four to five inches long. Back and four limbs are all black. Belly is pale red with black spots. Males and females always live together in pairs. Anciently thought to be the same as the gecko. Their shapes are similar but they are different.
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- Radical
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