銭亀
See also: 錢龜
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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銭 | 亀 |
ぜに Grade: 5 |
かめ > がめ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 銭 (zeni, “round coin, often with a hole in the center”) + 亀 (kame, “turtle”), from the appearance of the pond turtle's shell.
The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Noun
銭亀 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 錢龜, hiragana ぜにがめ, katakana ゼニガメ, rōmaji zenigame)
- an immature Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica
- Hypernym: 石亀 (ishigame)
- an immature Chinese pond turtle, Mauremys reevesii
- Hypernym: 草亀, 臭亀 (kusagame)
Usage notes
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ゼニガメ.
Derived terms
- ゼニガメ (Zenigame, “Squirtle”)
- 銭亀崎 (Zenigamesaki)
- 銭亀町 (Zenigame-chō)
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