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    3. 貝

    貝

    貝かい

    shellfish

    N2KMT9Freq #1787AnimalsKanji7 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かい

    On'yomi

    バイ

    shellfish

    目八

    目
    貝
    八

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    Concepts using this kanji

    貝

    shellfish

    宇柳貝

    Uruguay

    貝塚

    shell heap

    貝殻

    seashell

    一ノ貝

    kanji "big shell" radical

    大野貝

    Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)

    子安貝

    cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)

    長者貝

    Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

    大貝

    kanji "big shell" radical

    宮入貝

    miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

    三味線貝

    lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

    水字貝

    spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

    一枚貝

    univalve

    小貝

    small shell

    日本貝類学会

    Malacological Society of Japan

    秋田貝

    Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

    貝合わせ

    kai-awase

    海松貝

    mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

    水貝

    sliced abalone served in cold water

    貝部

    kanji "shell" radical (154)

    二枚貝

    bivalve

    小玉貝

    Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)

    三角貝

    trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

    海松食貝

    mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

    石貝

    Unio douglasiae (species of freshwater mussel)

    松葉貝

    Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)

    貝細工

    shellwork

    夜光貝

    great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)

    貝独楽

    spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese Babylon shell)

    貝類学

    conchology

    片山貝

    Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (species of tropical freshwater snail)

    海産巻き貝

    sea snail

    生貝

    sliced abalone served in cold water

    貝葉

    palm-leaf manuscript

    二枚貝類

    bivalves

    貝割

    radish sprout

    美之主貝

    Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)

    花貝

    Placamen tiara (species of venerid)

    熊の子貝

    Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

    朝顔貝

    common purple snail (Janthina janthina)

    海茸貝

    dilate piddock (Barnea dilatata)

    都鳥貝

    Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)

    物洗貝

    Japanese big-ear radix (pond snail, Radix auricularia japonica)

    貝被

    sponge crab (Lauridromia dehaani)

    母貝

    pearl oyster

    貝母

    fritillary (Fritillaria verticillata var. thunbergii)

    玉貝

    moon snail (Naticidae spp.)

    歌貝

    matching game played with clam shells with stanzas of waka written on them

    板屋貝

    Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)

    八丈宝貝

    chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana)

    赤貝

    blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)

    川真珠貝

    Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)

    青貝

    limpet

    貝寄せ

    west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar)

    波貝

    Japanese geoduck (Panopea japonica)

    アメリカ波貝

    geoduck (Panopea generosa)

    貝殻状割れ口

    conchoidal fracture

    船貝

    Arca avellana (species of ark shell)

    大蛇貝

    scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)

    陸貝

    land snail

    貝殻状断口

    conchoidal fracture

    水晶貝

    Strombus canarium turturella (subspecies of dog conch)

    立浪貝

    wedge sea hare (Dolabella auricularia)

    貝杓子

    shell ladle

    逆巻貝

    European physa (Physella acuta)

    ノアの方舟貝

    Noah's ark (Arca noae)

    貝貨

    shell money

    角貝

    tusk shell

    紅葉貝

    Astropecten scoparius (species of starfish)

    貝割れ菜

    white radish sprouts

    貝割り菜

    rape seedlings

    石馬刀貝

    date shell (Lithophaga curta)

    貝塚伊吹

    Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka)

    大糸掛貝

    precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)

    輪宝貝

    triumphant star turban (species of turban shell, Guildfordia triumphans)

    帆立貝

    Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

    貝肉

    shellfish meat

    貝類

    shellfish

    貝殻追放

    ostracism

    貝多羅葉

    pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

    石畳貝

    toothed top shell (Monodonta labio)

    星宝貝

    tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris)

    真珠貝

    pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)

    貝を吹く

    to blow a conch

    ほら貝を吹く

    to blow a conch

    片貝

    univalve

    宝貝

    cowrie

    貝柱

    adductor muscle

    貝焼き

    shellfish baked in the shell

    鳥貝

    Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)

    貝多羅

    pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

    越虫貝

    finely-striate buccinum (Buccinum striatissimum)

    貝紫色

    Tyrian purple

    桜貝

    Nitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)

    丸簾貝

    embossed venus (Venus toreuma)

    揚巻貝

    constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta)

    窓貝

    windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta)

    潮吹貝

    Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)

    耳貝

    ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina)

    巻き貝

    snail

    川雲雀貝

    golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)

    白蝶貝

    silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)

    貝偏

    kanji "shell" radical at left

    紅貝

    full-blooded tellin (Pharaonella sieboldii)

    貝毒

    shellfish poison

    鮑の貝の片思い

    secret, unrequited love

    棘紅葉貝

    sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus)

    パウア貝

    paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)

    ホンビノス貝

    quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)

    つぶ貝

    whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)

    まべ貝

    penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin)

    アイスランド貝

    ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)

    アンボイナ貝

    geography cone (Conus geographus)

    クモ貝

    spider conch (Lambis lambis)

    しじみ貝

    basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.)

    貝になる

    to keep one's mouth shut

    ムール貝

    (edible) mussel (esp. the Mediterranean mussel or blue mussel)

    からす貝

    cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)

    貝ボタン

    mother-of-pearl button

    マテ貝

    razor clam (Solen strictus)

    ほら貝

    conch (esp. Charonia tritonis)

    バカ貝

    Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

    アコヤ貝

    Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii)

    バイ貝

    Japanese ivory shell

    ホッキ貝

    Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)

    ニタリ貝

    Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)

    シャコ貝

    giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacninae)

    裏渦貝

    Astralium haematragum (species of turban shell)

    蔦葉貝

    Penepatella stellaeformis (species of limpet)

    笠貝

    limpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)

    黒蝶貝

    black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)

    池蝶貝

    Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)

    羽箒貝

    Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)

    貝灰

    shell lime

    灰貝

    ivory shell

    松毬貝

    Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)

    烏帽子貝

    goose barnacle

    貝紫

    Tyrian purple

    紫貝

    Soletellina diphos (species of clam)

    貝殻骨

    shoulder blade

    貝覆い

    kai-awase

    稚貝

    shellfish fry

    尖り笹の葉貝

    Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)

    溝貝

    Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)

    貝蛸

    greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)

    茶色蛹貝

    widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)

    貝殻虫

    scale insect

    鏡貝

    Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)

    蜑小舟貝

    ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla)

    嫁が笠貝

    Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)

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    • 八
    • 目
    • 貝
    • 川雲雀貝
    • 鳳凰貝
    • 貝紫色
    • 貝殻状断口
    • 貝紫
    • 貝を吹く
    • ほら貝を吹く
    • 松葉貝
    • 籬貝
    • ノアの方舟貝
    • 竦林檎貝
    • 熊の子貝
    • 石馬刀貝
    • 扇貝
    • アイスランド貝
    • 猿頬貝
    • 母貝
    • 稚貝
    • 片山貝
    • 宮入貝
    • 貝塚伊吹
    • 棘紅葉貝
    • アンボイナ貝
    • 溝貝
    • 蔦葉貝
    • 貝肉
    • クモ貝
    • 貝葉
    • 貝覆い
    • 歌貝
    • 片貝
    • しじみ貝
    • ヨーロッパ貽貝
    • 貝被
    • 貝になる
    • 貝類学
    • 貝灰
    • 逆巻貝
    • 日本貝類学会

    is_used_in

    • 宇柳貝
    • ムール貝
    • 一枚貝
    • からす貝
    • 貝
    • 貝ボタン
    • 貝貨
    • 貝殻
    • 貝柱
    • 貝毒
    • 貝類
    • 赤貝
    • 二枚貝
    • 帆立貝
    • マテ貝
    • 鸚鵡貝
    • 真珠貝
    • 貝割
    • ほら貝
    • 巻き貝
    • 貝塚
    • 貝殻虫
    • 貝細工
    • 海松貝
    • バカ貝
    • 鳥貝
    • 貝殻追放
    • 貝殻骨
    • 板屋貝
    • 宝貝
    • 青貝
    • 灰貝
    • アコヤ貝
    • 角貝
    • 蝶貝
    • 烏帽子貝
    • 桜貝
    • 翁貝
    • 貝独楽
    • バイ貝
    • 子安貝
    • 葵貝
    • 芋貝
    • 貝殻状割れ口
    • 貝杓子
    • 姥貝
    • ホッキ貝
    • 膝皿貝
    • 貝合わせ
    • 鮑の貝の片思い
    • 貝蛸
    • 貝偏
    • 小貝
    • 大貝
    • 一ノ貝
    • 貝多羅葉
    • 貝多羅
    • 茘枝貝
    • 二枚貝類
    • 貽貝
    • 紫貝
    • ニタリ貝
    • 紫貽貝
    • 筍貝
    • 星宝貝
    • 嫁が笠貝
    • 笠貝
    • 三味線貝
    • 酸漿貝
    • 都鳥貝
    • 貝母
    • 物洗貝
    • 翁戎貝
    • 長者貝
    • 秋田貝
    • シャコ貝
    • 大野貝
    • 紅貝
    • 花貝
    • 貝部
    • 水貝
    • 生貝
    • パウア貝
    • 輪宝貝
    • 貝割れ菜
    • 貝割り菜
    • 白蝶貝
    • 鶯貝
    • 黒蝶貝
    • 耳貝
    • 波貝
    • 海松食貝
    • 羽箒貝
    • 三角貝
    • 石貝
    • 海茸貝
    • 蜑小舟貝
    • 船貝
    • 蚶貝
    • 川真珠貝
    • ホンビノス貝
    • 笊貝
    • 酢貝
    • 美之主貝
    • 簾貝
    • 玉貝
    • つぶ貝
    • 蝦夷貝
    • 大糸掛貝
    • 越虫貝
    • 大蛇貝
    • 胡麻斑玉貝
    • 水字貝
    • 八丈宝貝
    • 海産巻き貝
    • 水晶貝
    • 朝顔貝
    • 錦渦貝
    • 泡舟貝
    • 裏渦貝
    • 瑠璃貝
    • 紅葉貝
    • 石畳貝
    • 窓貝
    • まべ貝
    • 丸簾貝
    • 揚巻貝
    • 貝焼き
    • 貝寄せ
    • 夜光貝
    • 桧扇貝
    • 砑螺貝
    • アメリカ波貝
    • 立浪貝
    • 陸貝
    • 茶色蛹貝
    • 貽貝騙し
    • 池蝶貝
    • 姥烏帽子貝
    • 鏡貝
    • 小玉貝
    • 香櫨園川雲雀貝
    • 潮吹貝
    • 尖り笹の葉貝
    • 緑貽貝
    • 松毬貝
    • 雲雀貝

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