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龜
U+9F9C
Seal script
Jinwen
Jiaguwen		龟
Simplified character		𠁴
Semantic variant		𠃾
Semantic variant		𤕣
Semantic variant

Radical:龜+ 0 strokes = 16 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.55#25 p.208#21 Kangxi: p.1537#26 Cihai: p.1577r1c01 GSR: 985.a Hanyu: v7,p4809#04
Composition:Component of: 𪷾 䶯 𡤞 𪚩 𪚪 𪚱 𪚳 𪚵 䶰 𤒅 𪚬 𪚭 𪚮 𪚯 𪚰 龝 𪚶 𪚷 𪚸 䶱 [More]
Mandarin:guī jūn qiū ㄍㄨㄟ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄑㄧㄡ
Cantonese:gau1 gwai1 gwan1
Tang reconstruction:giou gyui
Shuowen:《龜部》龜：舊也。外骨內肉者也。从它，龜頭與它頭同。天地之性，廣肩無雄；龜鼈之類，以它為雄。象足甲尾之形。凡龜之屬皆从龜。
Guangyun:《廣韻·上平聲·脂·龜》龜：說苑曰靈龜五色似玉似金背隂向陽上髙象天下平法地易号爲龜大戴禮曰田蟲三百六十四而神龜爲之長。居追切，六。
《廣韻·下平聲·尤·鳩》龜：又居危切。
Kangxi:《康熙字典·龜部·龜部》龜：〔古文〕𠃾𠁴𤕣《唐韻》居追切《集韻》居逵切《韻會》居爲切，𠀤音騩。甲蟲之長。《說文》龜，外骨內肉者也。《玉篇》文也，進也。外骨內肉，天性無雄，以虵爲雄也。《爾雅·釋魚》十龜：一神龜，二靈龜，三攝龜，四寶龜，五文龜，六筮龜，七山龜，八澤龜，九水龜，十火龜。又《爾雅·釋魚》龜三足，賁。《疏》龜之三足者名賁也。又《廣雅》龜貝，貨也。《前漢·食貨志》天用莫如龍，地用莫如馬，人用莫如龜。又星名。《石氏星經》天龜六星，在尾南漢中。又地名。《春秋·桓十二年》公會宋公于龜。《杜註》宋地。又山各。《詩·魯頌》奄有龜蒙。《毛傳》龜，山也。左傳，龜隂之田在山北。山今在山東兗州府泗水縣。又背梁。《左傳·宣十二年》射麋麗龜。《杜註》麗，著也。龜背之隆高當心者。又官名。《周禮·春官·龜人》掌六龜之屬。又龜目，酒尊也。《禮·明堂位》周以黃目，蓋以龜目飾尊，今龜目黃。又《廣韻》居求切，音鳩。龜兹，西域國名。《前漢·西域傳》龜兹，音鳩慈。又《集韻》《韻會》袪尤切《正韻》驅尤切，𠀤音丘。龜兹，漢縣名。《前漢·地理志》上郡龜兹屬國都尉治。《註》應劭曰：音丘兹。師古曰：龜兹國人來降，處之於此，故名。○按龜兹之龜，有鳩、丘二音。又《張衡·西京賦》摭紫貝，搏耆龜。搤水豹，馽潛牛。○按此則龜亦叶尤韻，不獨龜兹有丘、鳩二音也。又《集韻》《韻會》𠀤俱倫切，音麋。《莊子·逍遙遊》宋人有善爲不龜手之藥者，世世以洴澼絖爲事。《註》不龜，謂凍不皺瘃也。《釋文》舉倫反。又叶於居切《易·損卦》或益之十朋之龜，弗克違。《王褒·僮約》結網捕魚，繳鴈彈鳧。登山射鹿，入水擉龜。
《正字通》龜本字。
考證：〔《爾雅·釋蟲》十龜。一神龜，二靈龜。〕謹照原書釋蟲改釋魚。〔《爾雅·釋蟲》龜三足，賁。〕謹照原書釋蟲改釋魚。
Fanqie:居追 (《廣韻·上平聲·脂·龜》) 居求 (《廣韻·下平聲·尤·鳩》) 居危 (《廣韻·下平聲·尤·鳩》)
Unihan definition:turtle or tortoise; cuckold

CTP Dictionary


龜
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (1): 烏龜。 Tortoise.
《詩經·泮水》:憬彼淮夷、來獻其琛、元龜象齒、大賂南金。
'So awakened shall be those tribes of the Huai; They will come presenting their precious things, Their large tortoises and their elephants' teeth, And great contributions of the southern metals.
《揚子法言》:或問：「龍、龜、鴻、鵠不亦壽乎？」
Someone asked: Do the dragon, the turtle, and the wild swan not live long?
《禮記·月令》:命漁師伐蛟取鼉，登龜取黿。
《呂氏春秋·應同》:乾澤涸漁，則龜龍不往。
《楚辭·守志》:斥蜥蜴兮進龜龍，策謀從兮翼機衡。
《鹽鐵論·錯幣》:其後，稍去舊幣，更行白金龜龍，民多巧新幣。
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (2): 占卜用的龜甲。 Tortoiseshell used for divining.
《禮記·曲禮上》:祭服敝則焚之，祭器敝則埋之，龜策敝則埋之，牲死則埋之。
When sacrificial robes are worn out, they should be burnt: sacrificial vessels in the same condition should be buried, as should the tortoise-shell and divining stalks, and a victim that has died.
《尚書·大禹謨》:朕志先定，詢謀僉同，鬼神其依，龜筮協從，卜不習吉。
My mind (in this matter) was determined in the first place; I consulted and deliberated with all (my ministers and people), and they were of one accord with me. The spirits signified their assent, and the tortoise-shell and divining stalks concurred. Divination, when fortunate, should not be repeated.
《韓非子·初見秦》:襄主鑽龜筮占兆，以視利害，何國可降。
《淮南子·時則訓》:是月，命太祝，禱祀神位，占龜策，審卦兆，以察吉凶。
《史記·宋微子世家》:龜筮共違于人，用靜吉，用作凶。
《說苑·復恩》:今及吾君獨滅之，趙宗國人哀之，故見龜策，唯君圖之。
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (3): 用作貨幣的龜甲。 Tortoiseshell used as currency.
《周易·䷨損》:六五：或益之，十朋之龜弗克違，元吉。
The fifth SIX, divided, shows parties adding to (the stores of) its subject ten pairs of tortoise shells, and accepting no refusal. There will be great good fortune.
《史記·平準書》:或錢，或布，或刀，或龜貝。
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (4): 印章。印章飾以龜鈕，故稱。 Seal, stamp.
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (5): 獸類背部的隆起部分。 Hump on the back of an animal.
《春秋左傳》:麋興於前，射麋麗龜。
guī ㄍㄨㄟ (6): 飢。 Starve.
jūn ㄐㄩㄣ (7): 通「皸」：手足皮膚因寒冷乾燥而破裂。 Chapping, breaking of the skin of the hands or feet due to cold or dryness.
《莊子·逍遙遊》:宋人有善為不龜手之藥者，世世以洴澼絖為事。
There was a man of Song who was skilful at making a salve which kept the hands from getting chapped; and (his family) for generations had made the bleaching of cocoon-silk their business.
qiū ㄑㄧㄡ (8): 見「龜兹」。 See "龜兹".
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