Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk

Kunyomi: にし にな

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ニシ small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish

ラセン spiral, helix, screw

馬蹄 バテイラ Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)

サラサ馬蹄 サラサバテイラ Tectus maximus (species of top shell)

Kunyomi Examples

にし small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish

あかにし veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)

ながにし perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)