Kanji

貝

shellfish

Kanji

Grade

Grade 1

Strokes

7 strokes

Radical

貝部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

バイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かい

Nanori (Name Reading)

かい

Common Readings

かい

Example sentences

かい
海岸で綺麗な貝を拾った。

I picked up a beautiful shell at the beach.

あさり あさり
干潮の時に浜辺で貝あさりを楽しんだ。

I enjoyed searching for shellfish on the beach at low tide.

貝殻 かいがら
海岸で綺麗な貝殻を拾った

I picked up a beautiful seashell on the beach.

貨幣 かへい
古代の貨幣は貝殻だった。

Ancient currency was seashells.

法螺貝 ほらがい
山伏が法螺貝を吹いている。

A Yamabushi is blowing a conch shell.

修験者 しゅげんじゃ
山の中で法螺貝を吹く修験者に出会った。

I encountered a shugenja blowing a conch shell in the mountains.

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