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殻

See also: 壳, 殼, and 穀

Translingual

Traditional	殼
Shinjitai	殻
Simplified	壳

Han character

殻 (radical 79 殳+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土弓竹弓水 (GNHNE) or XX土弓竹 (XXGNH), composition ⿰壳殳)

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 586, character 1

Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 12

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2159, character 5

Unihan data for U+6BBB

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殻 – see 殼. (This character, 殻, is a variant form of 殼.)

Japanese

Kanji

殻

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 殼)

Readings

Goon: こく (koku)

Kan’on: かく (kaku)

On (unclassified): ばい (bai)

Kun: から (kara), がら (gara)

Compounds

地殻 (chikaku): crust of the earth
卵殻 (rankaku): eggshell
貝殻 (kaigara): shell
豆殻 (mamegara): bean husk

甲殻類 (kōkakurui): Crustacea
抜け殻 (nukegara): castoff skin
燃え殻 (moegara): cinders
石炭柄 (sekitangara): coal cinders

吸い殻 (suigara): cigarette butt
卵の殻 (tamago no kara): eggshell
殻を閉ざす (kara o tozasu): retire into one's shell

Noun

殻 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 殼, hiragana から, romaji kara)

shell, crust, chaff
卵 (たまご)の殻 (から)は壊 (こわ)れやすい

tamago no kara wa koware-yasui

The shell of an egg is easily broken
husk, hull

Suffix

殻 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 殼, hiragana がら, romaji -gara)

cinders, ashes
leftovers