殻

See also 壳, 殼, and 穀

Translingual

shinjitai	殻
simplified	壳
traditional	殼

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 殼 (elimination of 一 in left component).

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

See also

• 穀

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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Japanese

Kanji

殻 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: かく (kaku), こく (koku), 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 (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

Suffix

殻 (hiragana がら, romaji -gara)

1. cinders, ashes
2. leftovers

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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