Memory phrase for the Kanji: 貝


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Meaning shell

Pronunciation


kai

Explanation

Image of a cone-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 (Shells were used as substitute for money, therefore its further meaning as 'money' when used as a radical.)

Mnemonic


 
A shell with feelers.

Radicals

moneyShows a cowries-shell, which were used as money.
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 Vocabulary

かい  shell, shellfish
貝殻 かいがら  shell
貝焼き かい・やき  shellfish baked in the shell​


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