Moto 貝: ShellfishKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- バイ
- Kun'yomi
- かい
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 1
- Words
- 234 in the dictionary
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 貝かいshellfish
- 巻き貝まきがいsnail; spiral shell
- 貝塚かいづかshell heap; shell mound
- 貝殻かいがらseashell; shell
- からす貝からすがいcockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)
- くも貝くもがいspider conch (Lambis lambis)
- さくら貝さくらがいNitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)
- しゃこ貝しゃこがいgiant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)
- とり貝とりがいJapanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)
- ばい貝ばいがいwhelk; small water snails
- ほたて貝ほたてがいJapanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
- ほら貝ほらがいconch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
- ほら貝を吹くほらがいをふくto blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell
- まべ貝まべがいpenguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin)
- みる貝みるがいmirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
- アイスランド貝アイスランドがいocean quahog (Arctica islandica)
- アメリカ波貝アメリカなみがいgeoduck (Panopea generosa)
- アンボイナ貝アンボイナがいgeography cone (Conus geographus); geographer cone
- ツブ貝ツブがいwhelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)
- ニタリ貝ニタリがいKorean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
- バカ貝バカがいMactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
- パウア貝パウアかいpaua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
- ホッキ貝ホッキかいSakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
- ムール貝ムールがいmoule; common (blue) mussel
- 一枚貝いちまいがいunivalve
- 三角貝さんかくがいtrigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)
- 丸簾貝まるすだれがいembossed venus (species of venus clam, Venus toreuma)
- 二枚貝にまいがいbivalve
- 二枚貝類にまいがいるいbivalves
- 傘貝かさがいlimpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)
- 八丈宝貝はちじょうだからがいchocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry
- 土負貝どぶがいChinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
- 夜光貝やこうがいgreat green turban (Turbo marmoratus)
- 大蛇貝おおへびがいscaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)
- 大貝おおがいkanji "big shell" radical
- 大野貝おおのがいMya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)
- 姥貝うばがいSakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
- 嫁が笠貝よめがかさがいCellana toreuma (species of limpet)
- 子安貝こやすがいcowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
- 宝貝たからがいcowrie; cowry
- 小安貝こやすがいcowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
- 小玉貝こたまがいGomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)
- 小貝こがいsmall shell; small shellfish
Other readings
- つぶ貝ツブがいwhelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)
- クモ貝くもがいspider conch (Lambis lambis)
- ノアの方舟貝ノアのはこぶねがいNoah's ark (Arca noae)
- ホラ貝ほらがいconch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
- ホラ貝を吹くほらがいをふくto blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell
- マテ貝まてがいrazor clam
- 一ノ貝いちのかいkanji "big shell" radical
- 三味線貝しゃみせんがいlingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)
- 似たり貝ニタリがいKorean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
- 北寄貝ホッキかいSakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
- 大糸掛貝おおいとかけがいprecious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)
- 姥烏帽子貝おばえぼしがいInversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)
- 嫁笠貝よめがかさがいCellana toreuma (species of limpet)
- 宇柳貝ウルグアイUruguay
- 安房船貝あわぶねがいBostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
- 宮入貝みやいりがいmiyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke
- 尖り笹の葉貝とんがりささのはがいLanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)
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