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The kanji 貝: meaning, readings and stroke order

貝

Meaning
shellfish, shell
On reading
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Kun reading
かい kai
Strokes
7
Radical
貝 shell
Level
Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Stroke order of 貝, 7 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
con sò (bối)
Japanese
かい。
Korean
조개 (배·패)
Chinese
贝壳 (贝)

Readings, words and example sentences

かい kai · kun reading

Practise writing 貝 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 貝 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 1 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

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.