Moto 殻: Husk; Nut ShellKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- カク、コク、バイ
- Kun'yomi
- から、がら
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 81 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (カク・コク・バイ)
- 地殻変動ちかくへんどうdiastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust
- 地殻ちかく(Earth's) crust
- ヤシ殻ヤシかくcoconut shell
- 介殻かいかくsea shell
- 卵殻らんかくeggshell
- 双殻類そうかくるいbivalves
- 吻殻綱ふんかくこうRostroconchia (class of extinct molluscs)
- 地殻均衡ちかくきんこうisostasy
- 地殻均衡説ちかくきんこうせつ(theory of) isostasy
- 外殻がいかくshell; crust
- 大陸地殻たいりくちかくcontinental crust
- 殻斗かくとcupule; acorn cup
- 殻構造かくこうぞうshell structure
- 殻頂かくちょうapex of a shell; umbo
- 氷殻ひょうかくice crust; ice rind
- 甲殻こうかくcarapace; shell
- 甲殻綱こうかくこうCrustacea
- 甲殻類こうかくるいcrustacean
- 甲殻類アレルギーこうかくるいアレルギーshellfish allergy
- 耳殻じかくexternal ear; auricle
- 船殻せんこくhull
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 殻からshell; husk
- 吸い殻すいがらcigarette end; cigarette butt
- 貝殻かいがらseashell; shell
- そば殻そばがらbuckwheat chaff
- もぬけの殻もぬけのからcompletely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant
- もみ殻もみがらrice husks; chaff
- イセリア介殻虫イセリアかいがらむしcottony cushion scale (species of scale insect, Icerya purchasi)
- カニ殻カニがらcrab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal
- 介殻虫かいがらむしscale insect
- 出し殻だしがらgrounds (of tea and coffee)
- 出殻でがらgrounds (of tea and coffee)
- 卵の殻たまごのからeggshell
- 御殻おからokara; soy pulp
- 抜け殻ぬけがらcast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk
- 殻むきからむきshelling (e.g. of eggs, nuts, crabs and such)
- 殻を破るからをやぶるto break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell
- 殻を閉ざすからをとざすto close up like an oyster; to retire into one's shell
- 殻剥きからむきshelling (e.g. of eggs, nuts, crabs and such)
- 殻竿からざおflail (for threshing grain)
- 灰殻はいがらashes
- 炭殻たんがら(coal) cinders
- 燃え殻もえがらembers; cinders
- 石炭殻せきたんがら(coal) cinders
- 空き殻あきがらempty shell
- 籾殻もみがらrice husks; chaff
- 紅殻べにがらred iron oxide; rouge
- 胡麻紋殻ごまもんがらtitan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens); giant triggerfish
- 脱け殻ぬけがらcast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk
Other readings
- 割殻われからskeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp
- 吸殻すいがらcigarette end; cigarette butt
- 抜殻ぬけがらcast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk
- 枳殻からたちtrifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange
- 椰子殻ヤシかくcoconut shell
- 海老殻苺えびがらいちごJapanese wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius); wine raspberry
- 破殻われからskeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica); spectre shrimp
- 紋殻皮剝もんがらかわはぎclown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
- 紋殻皮剥もんがらかわはぎclown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)
- 紋殻通もんがらどおしFowler's snake eel (Ophichthus erabo)
- 脱殻ぬけがらcast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk
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