幼貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幼 貝
よう
Grade: 6 		かい > がい
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

From 幼(よう) (yō) + 貝(かい) (kai). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jo̞ːɡa̠i]

Noun

幼(よう)貝(がい) • (yōgai) ←えうがひ (eugafi)?

  1. juvenile shellfish

Synonyms

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