亀 Home·Characters·亀 Character · Nature 亀 かめ kame turtle Composition 1234567891011 Origin A pictograph of a turtle: head, shell and legs can still be made out. Proverbs carrying this character 093 亀の甲より年の功 Better than the tortoise's shell, the merit of years. Related characters 光light兎hare, rabbit叢thicket, clump咲to bloom土earth, soil天sky, heaven実fruit, reality山mountain岩rock, crag峰peak, summit