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Keyword
shellfish
Frequency
#1787
Strokes
7
Grade
1
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
56
Readings
かい100%
Mnemonic
A shellfish with one huge eye staring out of its shell scuttles across the seabed on a pair of short legs.
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Used in kanji
Used in vocabulary
魚ぎょ貝かい類るい
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
Noun
貝かい
shellfish; seashell; shell
Noun
魚ぎょ貝かい
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
Noun
大おお貝がい
kanji "big shell" radical
Noun
貝ばい
Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell)
Noun
貝かい殻がら
seashell; shell
Noun
貝かい塚づか
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
Noun
巻まき貝がい
snail; spiral shell
Noun
貝かい類るい
shellfish
Noun
貽い貝がい
Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
Noun
貝かい柱ばしら
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
Noun
鸚おう鵡む貝がい
chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
Noun
ムール貝がい
(edible) mussel (esp. the Mediterranean mussel or blue mussel)
Noun
ほら貝がい
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
Noun
片かた貝かい
univalve
Noun
芋いも貝がい
cone shell (Conus geographus)
Noun
真しん珠じゅ貝がい
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
Noun
帆ほ立たて貝がい
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
Noun
シャコ貝がい
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacninae)
Noun
小こ貝がい
small shell; small shellfish; kanji "shell" radical at left
Noun
貝かい焼やき
shellfish baked in the shell; abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell
Noun