壳 — Chinese character
壳
ké
casing, husk, shell
- Pinyin
- ké
- Radical
- 33 ⼠ (Scholar)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 士 冗
- Formation
- ideographic — A shell discarded 冗 by a soldier 士
- Traditional
- 殻 殼
Common words with 壳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 外壳 (外殼) | wài ké | envelope; outer shell |
| 贝壳 (貝殼) | bèi ké | shell (of a mollusk) |
| 地壳 (地殼) | dì qiào | the Earth's crust |
| 弹壳 (彈殼) | dàn ké | ammunition case |
| 脑壳 (腦殼) | nǎo ké | (coll.) head; skull; (fig.) brains (mental capacity) |
| 蛋壳 (蛋殼) | dàn ké | eggshell |
| 甲壳 (甲殼) | jiǎ qiào | carapace; crust |
| 空壳 (空殼) | kōng ké | empty shell |
| 躯壳 (軀殼) | qū qiào | the body (as opposed to the soul) |
| 硬壳 (硬殼) | yìng ké | crust; hard shell |
| 甲壳虫 (甲殼蟲) | jiǎ qiào chóng | beetle |
| 脱壳 (脫殼) | tuō ké | to break out of an eggshell; to molt |
English words written with 壳
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.