貝 – shellfish

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The kanji 貝 means shellfish. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is バイ (bai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かい (kai). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 貝 (no. 154).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	バイ	bai
Kun’yomi	かい	kai

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: 貝 (Kangxi radical 154). Components: 目・ハ.

Words using 貝

貝かいshellfish貝殻かいがらseashell

Example sentences

私が手にしてるのは貝の化石です。

What I have in my hand is a fossil seashell.

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トムは美しい貝がらを浜辺でひろった。

Tom picked up some pretty shells on the beach.

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Kanji with the same radical

資費質賞負財買責販貿貨賛購貢賃貴

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