a seed / a pit or stone in a fruit / a gamete (reproductive cell such as a spermatozoan or egg) / a lineage, bloodline / an origin, cause / the materials or ingredients from which something is made

Alternative form of 鼈: a soft-shell turtle, especially the Chinese softshell turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis

soft

shell, carapace (hard protective covering)

to hold, to carry something / to have, to possess / to hold up, to maintain

holding, possession / wear, durability

continuative of 持つ

tortoise, turtle / tortoise shell used in divination

turtle

seed / plant, sow / class, kind, variety / (taxonomy) species