玳
Information about character(s)
Radical: 玉Radical Strokes: 5
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9
Variants: 瑇
Pronunciation
Pinyin: dàiCantonese: doi6
JapaneseKun: TAIMAI
JapaneseOn: TAI
Korean: TAY
Vietnamese: ngan đồi
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: tortoise shellCE-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)