殻 — kanji meaning “husk”
殻
husk, nut shell
- Meanings
- husk, nut shell
- On'yomi
- カク (kaku)、コク (koku)、バイ (bai)
- Kun'yomi
- から、がら
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1892 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 79
- Chinese reading
- ké, qiào
Words with 殻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 貝殻 | かいがら kaigara | seashell; shell |
| 地殻 | ちかく chikaku | (Earth's) crust |
| 吸い殻 | すいがら suigara | cigarette end; cigarette butt |
| 甲殻 | こうかく koukaku | carapace; shell; crust |
| 抜け殻 | ぬけがら nukegara | cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell |
| 卵殻 | らんかく rankaku | eggshell |
| 籾殻 | もみがら momigara | rice husks; chaff |
| 紅殻 | べにがら benigara | red iron oxide; red ocher |
| 地殻変動 | ちかくへんどう chikakuhendou | diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust) |
| 茶殻 | ちゃがら chagara | used tea leaves |
| 燃え殻 | もえがら moegara | embers; cinders; burnt residue |
| 介殻 | かいかく kaikaku | sea shell |
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