殻 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「殳」
道準2High school level ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「殳」
- On
- カク・コク・バイかく・こく・ばい · kaku · koku · bai
- Kun
- から・がらkara · gara
- Meaning
- husk; shell
Stroke order
Origin
A hand striking plus a phonetic element: the outer casing you crack open — a shell.
Readings and examples
| Onカクかくkaku | 甲殻こうかく地殻ちかく |
|---|---|
| Kunからkara | 殻から貝殻かいがら |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 貝殻かいがら
seashell
- 地殻ちかく
the earth’s crust
- 籾殻もみがら
- 牡蠣殻かきがら
- 枳殻きこく
- 蛻の殻もぬけのから
Example
ゆで卵の殻をきれいにむいた。
I peeled the boiled egg cleanly.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)