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 (radical 205, 黽+12, 25 strokes, cangjie input 火大口X山 (FKRXU), composition ⿱敝黽)

Derived characters

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 鼈 – see 鱉 (“soft-shell turtle {{gl|any turtle in the family Trionychidae, especially Pelodiscus sinensis”).
(This character, 鼈, 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 (マ)木 (チ)鼈 (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

Noun

鼈 (hiragana すっぽん, katakana スッポン, rōmaji 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 (じ)立 (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 (シ)那 (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 piᴇt̚).

Pronunciation

Noun

鼈 (hiragana べつ, rōmaji 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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

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

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