壳

See also: 殻, 殼, and 売

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))

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

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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).

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Japanese

Kanji

壳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cashing
2. shell
3. husk

Readings

• On (unclassified): かく (kaku)