Kanji

蝸

蝸

snail

Kanji

Grade

Secondary School

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

虫部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

カ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かたつむり

Example sentences

蝸牛 かたつむり
雨上がり の 庭 に 蝸牛 が いた

There was a snail in the garden after the rain.

蝸牛角上 かぎゅうかくじょう
それ は 蝸牛角上 の 争い に 過ぎない 。

That is nothing more than a storm in a teacup.

Example Vocabulary

蝸牛

かたつむり

snail

蝸牛神経

かぎゅうしんけい

蝸牛角上の争い

かぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい

蝸廬

蝸牛角上

かぎゅうかくじょう

trivial dispute

前庭蝸牛神経

蝸牛殻

蝸角

蝸角の争い

かかくのあらそい

蝸牛管

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