殻

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See also: 壳, 殼, and 穀
殻 U+6BBB, 殻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BBB
← 殺
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 殼 →
殻 U+2F8F6, 殻
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8F6
← 殺
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣪍 →

Translingual

Traditional 殼
Shinjitai 殻
Simplified 壳

Glyph origin

Variant of 殼.

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 586, character 1
  • Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2159, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6BBB

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殻 – see 殼 (“shell; husk; hull; skin; casing; ladle”).
(This character is a variant form of 殼).

Japanese

Shinjitai

殻

Kyūjitai

殼

Kanji

殻

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 殼)

Readings

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
  • On: ばい (bai)
  • Kun: から (kara, 殻, Jōyō)、がら (gara)

Compounds

Noun

殻(から) • (kara) 

  1. 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
  2. husk, hull

Suffix

殻(がら) • (-gara) 

  1. cinders, ashes
  2. leftovers (compare English shell)
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