The kanji 殻: meaning, readings and stroke order

殻

Meaning: shell, husk
On reading: カク kaku
Kun reading: から kara
Strokes: 11
Radical: 殳 weapon, lance
Level: Level 9 · senior high school
Old form: 殼

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vỏ, vỏ cứng (xác)
Japanese: から。たまごやかいのそとがわ。
Korean: 껍질, 껍데기 (각)
Chinese: 壳、外壳 (壳)

Readings, words and example sentences

カク kaku · on reading · less common

地ち殻かく
the Earth's crust
地ち殻かくの動きを学びます。
We learn how the Earth's crust moves.

から kara · kun reading

殻から
shell
卵の 殻からをすてます。
I throw away the eggshells.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.