銭亀

See also: 錢龜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜに
Grade: 6
かめ > がめ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
錢龜 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of (ぜに) (zeni, round coin, often with a hole in the center) + (かめ) (kame, turtle), from the appearance of the pond turtle's shell.

The kame changes to game as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にがめ [zènígámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ze̞ɲ̟iɡa̠me̞]

Noun

(ぜに)(がめ) (zenigame) 

  1. an immature Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica
    Hypernym: 石亀 (ishigame)
  2. an immature Chinese pond turtle, Mauremys reevesii
    Hypernym: 草亀, 臭亀 (kusagame)

Usage notes

  • As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ゼニガメ.

Derived terms

  • ゼニガメ (Zenigame, Squirtle)
  • 銭亀崎(ぜにがめさき) (Zenigamesaki)
  • 銭亀(ぜにがめ)(ちょう) (Zenigame-chō)

Proper noun

銭亀(ぜにかめ) (Zenikame) 

  1. a place name

(ぜに)(がめ) (Zenigame) 

  1. a surname

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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