壳 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 8 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 穀物の外皮、から。
  2. 貝や甲殻類の外側を覆う組織。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「殼」の略体。康熙字典掲載。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

casing, shell, husk

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カク
  • コク
  • バイ
Kun (native)
  • から
Other languages
  • 拼音ke2
  • 拼音qiao4
  • Hán-ViệtÊ
  • Hán-ViệtẾ
  • Hán-ViệtXác
  • Hán-ViệtXạc

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
士(さむらい)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+58F3

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱士冗

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