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chinese writing brush, pencil, pen, brush, lead pencil [JV]

brush [RY]

1) CH [writing] brush; 2) pencil; 3) water animal w shape 'khar rnga kha sbyar ba ltar yod pa zhig [IW]

Chinese writing brush, brush, pencil [RY]

(med) Softshell turtle (Trionychidae, Pelodiscus sinensis)
pir ni / shel phreng las / chur gnas sems can dbyibs 'khar rnga kha sbyar ltar mtha' 'khor ba'i kha so can / zhes pa klung du sgo nga las skye ba'i sbal ba'i rigs te mdog sbal ba dang dbyibs rus sbal 'dra ba sbrul mgo can ske ring ba rkang bzhi mjug ma yod / shel sgong las / pir gyi rus pas byis gden chud sri thub // ces bshad / (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, pdf p 286)

Illustrations : Jam-dpal (pdf p 286) pir

Jam-dpal's description and illustration accords largely with the family of Softshell turtles. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia prescribes Pelodiscus sinensis for the drug Trionycis Carapax. These softshell turtles are economically the most important chelonians of the world, with hundreds of millions of specimens traded as food every year. The annual production of Pelodiscus sp. amounts to 340,000 t in China alone.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 14:07, 23 February 2024 (EST)