rùa
Pronunciation
Northern
/zṳə˨˩/
Central
/ʐuə˧˧/
Southern
/ɹuə˨˩/
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turtle
Noun
turtle
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Meaning
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Noun
turtle Animals & Pets
Animals
A reptile with a hard shell that protects its body, living on land or in water.
vi Con rùa đang bò chậm chạp trên bãi cát.
en The turtle is crawling slowly on the sand.
Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𧒉
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Parts
Inherited from Proto-Vietic / 𧒉
OriginInherited from Proto-Vietic
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𧒉
Candidates by syllable
rùa
𧒉（𧒌 / 𧒍 / 𪛅 / 𪛇）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
rứa / rủa / rửa / rữa …
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Similar
rứa / rủa / rửa / rữa …
Use
xe rùa / mai rùa / bọ rùa
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Use
xe rùa / mai rùa / bọ rùa