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Stroke Count
11 Strokes
Radical
殳 + 7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. husk, nut shell
Readings
Kun'yomi: から。(Jouyou Reading)
がら。
On'yomi: コク。(Go-on Reading)
カク。(Kan-on Reading)
バイ。

Japanese Meaning for 殻

Dictionary Entries for 殻

kara
noun
  1. shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

gara
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass
noun
  1. poor-quality coke (coal)
suffix
  1. left-overs; remnants

kaku
noun
  1. shell (e.g. electron shell)

kai
noun
  1. egg; eggshell

Stroke Order Diagrams for 殻

Construction of Character for 殻

Radicals and parts present in 殻
» Radical pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
» Part wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
» Part table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
» Part or again, furthermore, on the other hand
» Part gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Kanji variants for 殻
» Traditional Chinese Character, Old Character Form
» Simplified Chinese Character
Origin and construction of 殻

Kanji related to 殻

  • 宿

  • 殿

  • 殿

  • 殿

Meanings in Other Languages for 殻

French
  1. coquille, enveloppe (grain)
Portuguese
  1. casca, concha de noz
Spanish
  1. concha, cáscara, casco (buque)

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