貝細工

From 貝(かい) (kai, “shell”) + 細工(さいく) (saiku, “work, workmanship”). The saiku changes to zaiku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) かいざいく [kàízáꜜìkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iza̠ikɯ̟]

貝(かい)細(ざい)工(く) or 貝細工(カイザイク) • (kaizaiku) ^{←かひざいく (kafi-zaiku)?}

1. shell-based craftsmanship
2. winged everlasting, Ammobium alatum

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

• 帝王貝細工(ていおうかいざいく) (teiō kai-zaiku, “helichrysum”)