殻
殻 — Husk
husk, nut shell
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)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 殻
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殻 | から kara | shell; husk; hull |
| 地殻変動 | ちかくへんどう chikakuhendou | diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust); upheaval (e.g. in politics); seismic shift |
| 吸い殻 | すいがら suigara | cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes |
| 貝殻 | かいがら kaigara | seashell; shell |
| 地殻 | ちかく chikaku | (Earth's) crust |
Study notes
殻 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1892 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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