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螺

small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
Stroke count: 17

Readings

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Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
  2. screwRtK
  1. small spiral-shelled snail
  2. spiral shellfish

Radicals and components

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Components
How it's built
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Compound words

螺旋らせん
spiral; helix; screw
栄螺さざえ
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
拳螺さざえ
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
螺子ネジ
screw
螺鈿らでん
nacre
蠑螺さざえ
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
雌螺子めねじ
female screw
駄法螺だぼら
big talk
螺子山ねじやま
screw thread
梭尾螺ほらがい
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis)
二重螺旋にじゅうらせん
double helix (structure of DNA)
螺子回しねじまわし
screwdriver
螺鈿細工らでんざいく
mother-of-pearl inlay

Stroke Order

17 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 螺

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