Readings

Kana: ケン、にな
Romaji: ken, nina
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

an edible river snail

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  142
Frequency:  2284
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-8
Korean Reading:  gweon
Chinese Reading:  quan2
Unicode:  8737
JIS:  6970

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4156
New Nelson Index: 5339
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d8.5
Four Corner Index: 5911.2
Japanese Names Index: 2129
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33199
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0052

Words

(とぐろ)
coil
とぐろを巻く (とぐろをまく)
to coil itself (e.g. a snake); to loaf around
海蜷 (うみにな、ウミニナ)
many-formed cerith (Batillaria multiformis)
疣海蜷 (いぼうみにな、イボウミニナ)
Batillaria zonalis (small sandy shore snail)
とぐろを解く (とぐろをほどく)
to uncoil itself
牙海蜷 (きばうみにな、キバウミニナ)
mud creeper (Terebralia palustris)
細海蜷 (ほそうみにな、ホソウミニナ)
Japanese false cerith (Batillaria cumingii)
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