Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N2

1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: shellfish

Kunyomi: かい

Onyomi: バイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かい

Meaning: shell

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(かい)   shell, shellfish

柱(かいばしら)   adductor muscle (of shellfish)

殻(かいがら)   shell

Onyomi Examples

バイ Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)

バイカ shell money

越虫 エッチュウバイ finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)

蝦夷 エゾバイ Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

Kunyomi Examples

かい shellfish, seashell, shell

かいがら seashell, shell

魚介 ぎょかい marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish

パウア パウアかい paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)