玳

Information about character(s)

Radical: 玉
Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 瑇

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dài
Cantonese: doi6
JapaneseKun: TAIMAI
JapaneseOn: TAI
Korean: TAY
Vietnamese: ngan đồi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: tortoise shell

CE-Dict: tortoise shell/turtle

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a hawksbill turtle

康熙字典文字版 【午集上】【玉字部】玳
【集韻】待戴切，音代。瑇瑁也。【玉篇】俗以瑇瑁作玳瑁。【異物志】如龜，生南海。大者如蘧篨，背上有鱗，鱗大如扇，有文章。將作器，則煮其鱗，如柔皮。【漢·鐃歌】雙珠玳瑁簪，用玉紹繚之。【范雲贈張謖詩】儐從皆珠玳。

CF-Dict: tortue marine

Han-De-Dict: > (u.E.)/Schildkröte (u.E.) (S)/Schildpatt (u.E.) (S)