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龟甲
guī​jiǎ

tortoiseshell / oracle bone

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
龟甲 龜甲 guī​jiǎ
tortoiseshell / oracle bone
The hard shell of a tortoise; used in ancient China for divination (oracle bones) and in traditional medicine

Frequency

Written text
0.291 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 块 kuài

Same as

  • 龟壳 guī​ké
  • 龟骨 guī​gǔ
  • 龟版 guī​bǎn

Referenced by

  • 龟板 guī​bǎn

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)