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殼

殼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. から。
  2. たたく。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「殳」+音符「𡉉」(㱿から殳を除いた部分)。「たたく」「うつ」を意味する漢語｛殼｝を表す字。のち仮借して「から」を意味する漢語｛殼｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

husk, nut shell

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
  • 拼音que4
  • 한글gag
  • Hán-ViệtXác

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
殳(るまた)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+6BBC

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰壳殳

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