亀甲

きっこう

Also written きこう

Meanings

1. Noun tortoiseshell; tortoise shell See also: 亀の甲 (かめのこう).
2. tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern See also: 亀甲形 (きっこうがた).
3. tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark) See also: 亀甲括弧 (きっこうかっこ).

Kanji

• 亀 turtle. Read as キ.
• 甲 armor. Read as コウ.

Words containing 亀甲

• 亀甲縛り (きっこうしばり) tortoise shell bondage
• 亀甲模様 (きっこうもよう) hexagonal pattern
• 亀甲獣骨文字 (きっこうじゅうこつもじ) oracle bone script

And 2 more.

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