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: 目
Radical: 貝
Reading: かい
Meaning: shell
Strokes: 7
貝(かい) shell, shellfish
貝柱(かいばしら) adductor muscle (of shellfish)
貝殻(かいがら) shell
貝 (バイ) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
貝貨 (バイカ) shell money
越虫貝 (エッチュウバイ) finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
蝦夷貝 (エゾバイ) Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
貝 (かい) shellfish, seashell, shell
貝殻 (かいがら) seashell, shell
魚介 (ぎょかい) marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
パウア貝 (パウアかい) paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)
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: 目
Radical: 貝
Reading: かい
Meaning: shell
Strokes: 7
貝(かい) shell, shellfish
貝柱(かいばしら) adductor muscle (of shellfish)
貝殻(かいがら) shell
貝 (バイ) Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
貝貨 (バイカ) shell money
越虫貝 (エッチュウバイ) finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
蝦夷貝 (エゾバイ) Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
貝 (かい) shellfish, seashell, shell
貝殻 (かいがら) seashell, shell
魚介 (ぎょかい) marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
パウア貝 (パウアかい) paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)