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殻

husk
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingカク、コク、バイ
Kun readingから、がら
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. huskRtK
    飲み物はヤシの実の殻に入れてあった。The drinks were served in coconut shells.tatoeba
    卵の殻は壊れやすい。The shell of an egg is easily broken.tatoeba
  2. nut shell
  1. pod

Homonyms

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Same reading (から)
空 · emptiness

Popular Usage

貝殻

Radicals and components

Radical殳weapon
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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samurai · superfluous · crown (冖) · wind (風) · cruise missile · missile · wind (風) · crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 767

Compound words

貝殻かいがら
seashell; shell
地殻ちかく
(Earth's) crust
吸い殻すいがら
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
地殻変動ちかくへんどう
diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift; earthshaking changes
介殻かいかく
sea shell
灰殻はいがら
ashes
甲殻こうかく
carapace
紅殻ベンガラ
red iron oxide
苧殻おがら
hemp reed
籾殻もみがら
rice husks
枳殻からたち
trifoliate orange (Citrus trifoliata)
そば殻そばがら
buckwheat chaff
蕎麦殻そばがら
buckwheat chaff
甲殻綱こうかくこう
Crustacea
甲殻類こうかくるい
crustacean
菜種殻なたねがら
rapeseed hulls
出し殻だしがら
grounds (of tea and coffee)
双殻類そうかくるい
bivalves
吻殻綱ふんかくこう
Rostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)
蛻の殻もぬけのから
completely empty (of a residence, etc.)
蝸牛殻かぎゅうかく
cochlea
海老殻苺えびがらいちご
Japanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius)
蛻けの殻もぬけのから
completely empty (of a residence, etc.)
モヌケの殻もぬけのから
completely empty (of a residence, etc.)

Additional Examples

私は岸辺で美しい貝殻を見つけた。
I found a beautiful shell on the shore.tatoeba
もう・・・タバコの吸殻まで散らばってるし。
Sheesh, you've even got cigarette butts scattered around.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 殻

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