When the formation data identifies 龜 / 龟 / 亀 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
龜
Radical 213 of 214 · 17 strokes
Turtle
guī · forms 龜 / 龟 / 亀
Unicode uses 龜 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is turtle or tortoise; cuckold; Kangxi radical 213. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
0 course characters0 character–word links
Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
龜
No course character uses this primary radical
The category remains in the index to provide the complete 214-radical reference.
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.