壳

See also: 殻, 殼, and 売

壳 U+58F3, 壳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58F3 ← 売 [U+58F2] CJK Unified Ideographs 壴 → [U+58F4]

売 U+2F85A, 売 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F85A ← 𡓤 [U+2F859] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 壷 → [U+2F85B]

Translingual

Traditional	殼
Shinjitai	殻
Simplified	壳

Han character

壳 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 土月竹弓 (GBHN) or 難土月竹弓 (XGBHN), composition ⿱士冗 (GH) or ⿱⿳士冖一几 (TJK))

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with 売, which has a slightly different component on the bottom. (壳 has 几, while 売 has 儿.)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 243, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5648
• Dae Jaweon: page 483, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 428, character 2
• Unihan data for U+58F3

Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to ⿱士冗 glyph; see Han unification to learn more.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 殻 (elimination of 殳).

Definitions

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

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph 2

This section refers to ⿱⿳士冖一几 glyph; see Han unification to learn more.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 殼 (elimination of 殳).

Definitions

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

Japanese

Kanji

壳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. casing
2. shell
3. husk

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)