殻

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Japanese 2.1 Noun 2.2 Suffix 2.3 Kanji 2.3.1 Readings 2.3.2 Compounds 3 Korean 3.1 Hanja 4 Mandarin 4.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

1. casing, shell, husk, hull, skin

[edit] 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

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

殻 (hiragana から, romaji kara)

1. shell, crust, chaff
   • 卵の殻は壊れやすい

     たまごのからはこわれやすい

     tamago no kara wa koware yasui

     The shell of an egg is easily broken

2. husk, hull

[edit] Suffix

殻 (hiragana がら, romaji gara)

1. cinders, ashes
2. leftovers

[edit] Kanji

殻 (common kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: かく (kaku), こく (koku), ばい (bai)
• Kun: から (kara), がら (gara)

[edit] 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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

殻 (hangeul 각, revised gak, McCune-Reischauer kak, Yale kak)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

殻 (simplified 壳, pinyin ké (ke2), qiào (qiao4), què (que4), Wade-Giles k'o², ch'iao⁴, ch'üeh⁴)