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U+6BBB, 殻
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BBB

[U+6BBA]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6BBC]
U+2F8F6, 殻
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8F6

[U+2F8F5]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣪍
[U+2F8F7]

Translingual

Traditional
Shinjitai
Simplified

Glyph origin

Variant of .

Han character

(Kangxi radical 79, 殳+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土弓竹弓水 (GNHNE) or 難難土弓竹 (XXGNH), composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 586, character 1
  • Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2159, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6BBB

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“shell; husk; hull; skin; casing; ladle”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
  • On: ばい (bai)
  • Kun: から (kara, , Jōyō)がら (gara)

Compounds

  • ()(かく) (chikaku, crust of the earth)
  • (らん)(かく) (rankaku, eggshell)
  • (かい)(がら) (kaigara, shell)
  • (まめ)(がら) (mamegara, bean husk)
  • (こう)(かく)(るい) (kōkakurui, Crustacea)
  • ()(がら) (nukegara, cast-off skin)
  • ()(がら) (moegara, cinders)
  • (せき)(たん)(がら) (sekitangara, coal cinders)
  • ()(がら) (suigara, cigarette butt)
  • (たまご)(から) (tamago no kara, eggshell)
  • (から)()ざす (kara o tozasu, retire into one's shell)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kàráꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾa̠]

Noun

(から) • (kara

  1. shell, crust, chaff
    (たまご)(から)(こわ)れやすい
    tamago no kara wa koware-yasui
    The shell of an egg is easily broken
  2. husk, hull

Suffix

(がら) • (-gara

  1. cinders, ashes
  2. leftovers (compare English shell)