Kanji
貝
kanji character
shellfish
貝 kanji-貝 shellfish
貝
Meaning
shellfish
Readings
Kun'yomi
- かい shellfish
- かい がら seashell
- ぎょ かい るい marine products
On'yomi
- ばい か shell money
- ばい も fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii)
- ばい ぶ kanji "shell" radical (154)
Practice Writing
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Related Entries
Common Words
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貝 Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell) -
貝 殻 seashell, shell -
貝 がらseashell, shell -
貝 殼 seashell, shell -
魚 貝 類 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish -
貝 塚 shell heap, shell mound, kitchen midden -
宇 柳 貝 Uruguay -
魚 貝 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish -
巻 貝 snail, spiral shell -
巻 き貝 snail, spiral shell -
貝 貨 shell money -
貝 柱 adductor muscle, adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.) -
貝 毒 shellfish poison -
貝 類 shellfish -
貝 割 radish sprout -
貝 蛸 greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo) -
貝 偏 kanji "shell" radical at left -
貝 母 fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii) -
貝 部 kanji "shell" radical (154) -
貝 焼 shellfish baked in the shell, abalone, scallops... -
貝 寄 west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar), wind that blows seashells ashore -
貝 紫 Tyrian purple -
貝 肉 shellfish meat -
貝 葉 palm-leaf manuscript -
貝 覆 kai-awase, Heian-period shell-matching game -
貝 被 sponge crab (Lauridromia dehaani) -
烏 貝 cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata) -
貝 ボタンmother-of-pearl button -
赤 貝 blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii), ark shell - マ テ
貝 razor clam (Solen strictus)