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殻

殻 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「殼」の異体字。「殼」については殼#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

husk, nut shell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カクJHS
  • コク
  • バイ
Kun (native)
  • からJHS
  • がら
Other languages
  • 拼音ke2
  • 拼音qiao4
  • 한글gag
  • Hán-ViệtXác

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
殳(るまた)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+6BBB

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰壳殳

Words using this kanji

  • 殻から（から）内部をおおう硬い外皮。 （から）中身のない外皮。ぬけがら。 （カク）電子殻の略称。shell, husk, hull, pod
  • 殻がら（から）内部をおおう硬い外皮。 （から）中身のない外皮。ぬけがら。 （カク）電子殻の略称。chicken bones (e.g. for soup), chicken carcass, poor-quality coke (coal), left-overs
  • 殻かく（から）内部をおおう硬い外皮。 （から）中身のない外皮。ぬけがら。 （カク）電子殻の略称。shell (e.g. electron shell)
  • 殻竿からざおflail (for threshing grain)
  • 殻頂かくちょうapex of a shell, umbo
  • 殻斗かくとcupule, acorn cup
  • 殻果かくかhard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)
  • 殻構造かくこうぞうshell structure
  • 殻むきからむきshelling (e.g. of eggs, nuts, crabs and such)
  • 殻を破るからをやぶるto break up and start anew, to break out of one's shell, to make a fresh start, to go outside oneself
  • 殻を閉ざすからをとざすto close up like an oyster, to retire into one's shell
  • 殻に閉じこもるからにとじこもるto withdraw into oneself, to shut oneself away, to seclude oneself

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(69 results)

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
4724.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3p8.1
Heisig
767
Nelson
2456