殻 – husk, nut shell

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1892 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 殻 means husk, nut shell. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カク、コク、バイ (kaku, koku, bai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is から、がら (kara, gara). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 殳 (no. 79).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カク	kaku
On’yomi	コク	koku
On’yomi	バイ	bai
Kun’yomi	から	kara
Kun’yomi	がら	gara

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 殳 (Kangxi radical 79). Components: 士・冖・殳・几・又.

Words using 殻

殻からshell貝殻かいがらseashell

Example sentences

飲み物はヤシの実の殻に入れてあった。

The drinks were served in coconut shells.

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Kanji with the same radical

段殺殿殴

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