What does 貝 mean? | Back to List |
How to remember |
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 | This Kanji is a snail like Shellfish facing straight at you, with an arm like tentacle out at each side. This will stick like glue in your head once you get that image in your head. |
Info on the Kanji 貝 | What's a Kanji? |
| shellfish | |
| onyomi | |
| kunyomi | kai |
| stroke count | 7 |
| grade | 1 |
| jlpt level | N2 |
| Example words with 貝 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 貝かい kai | shell / shellfish |
| 花貝はなかい hana kai | placamen tiara |
| 灰貝はいかい hai kai | ivory shell / cockle |
| 貝貨かいか kai ka | shell money |
| 貝割かいわれ kaiware | radish sprout |
| 貝寄かいより kai yori | west wind in the early spring / wind that blows seashells ashore |
| 貝焼かいやき kai yaki | shellfish baked in the shell / abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell |
| 貝柱かいばしら kaibashira | adductor muscle / adductor muscle of a bivalve |
| 貝毒かいどく kai doku | shellfish poison |
| 貝部かいぶ kai bu | kanji "shell" radical |
| 貝母かいはは kai haha | fritillary / fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii |
| 貝類かいるい kairui | shellfish |
| 角貝かくかい kaku kai | tusk shell |
| 巻貝かんかい kan kai | snail / spiral shell |
| 魚貝ぎょかい gyokai | marine products / seafood / fish and shellfish |
| 紅貝くれないかい kurenai kai | full-blooded tellin |
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| Example Sentences with 貝 |
| 火力とお鍋と貝の種類によるわ。 プレゼントにするきれいな貝がらをひろいにいったよ！ 私は岸辺で美しい貝殻を見つけた。 私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。 |
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