Kanji
亀
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1353
tortoise, turtle
On'yomi (音読み)
キ、 キュウ、 キン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
かめ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
亀裂
きれつ
crack; crevice
亀甲
きっこう
tortoiseshell; tortoise shell
隠亀
かくれがめ
Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus)
長亀
オサガメ
leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
蹴爪陸亀
けづめりくがめ
African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata); sulcata tortoise
蓑亀
みのがめ
old turtle with seaweed growing on its back
象亀
ぞうがめ
giant tortoise
亀甲獣骨文字
きっこうじゅうこつもじ
oracle bone script
団亀
どんがめ
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
臭亀
くさがめ
Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
亀
かめ
tortoise; turtle
ガラパゴス象亀
ガラパゴスぞうがめ
Galápagos tortoise (Geochelone nigra); Galapagos giant tortoise
亀綾
かめあや
high-quality glossy white habutai silk
亀甲縛り
きっこうしばり
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
亀すくい
かめすくい
turtle scooping (festival game)
亀屋縞
かめやじま
high-quality glossy white habutai silk
鶴亀
つるかめ
crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)
鶴亀算
つるかめざん
obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes
鶴亀鶴亀
つるかめつるかめ
knock on wood; touch wood
Example sentences
ひどくなると、亀裂（きれつ）が生（い）じたり、断裂（だんれつ）することもあります。
In severe cases, cracks can form or it can snap apart.
私（わたし）たちは浜辺（はまべ）にカメを見に行（みにい）きました。
We went to see turtles on the beach.
遠（とお）くからは、その小（ちい）さな島（しま）は亀（かめ）のように見（み）えた。
The small island looked like a tortoise from a distance.