陣貝

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陣 貝
じん
Grade: S 		かい > がい
Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Compound of 陣 +‎ 貝. The kai reading for 貝 changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

陣(じん)貝(がい) • (jingai) 

  1. a Triton's trumpet (Charonia tritonis) shell used in ancient times as a horn to signal troop movements

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