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Readings

Kana: カ、かたつむり
Romaji: ka, katatsumuri
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

snail

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-9
Korean Reading:  wae
Chinese Reading:  wo1
Unicode:  8778
JIS:  6977

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4170
New Nelson Index: 5362
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d9.11
Four Corner Index: 5712.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33338
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0067

Words

蝸牛 (かたつむり、かぎゅう、でんでんむし、カタツムリ)
snail; cochlea
三条蝸牛 (みすじまいまい、ミスジマイマイ)
Euhadra peliomphala (species of land snail)
蝸角 (かかく)
eyestalk (on a snail); narrow place; cramped space
蝸牛殻 (かぎゅうかく)
cochlea
蝸牛神経 (かぎゅうしんけい)
cochlear nerve
蝸牛角上 (かぎゅうかくじょう)
trifling (fight); (a conflict) between small countries
前庭蝸牛神経 (ぜんていかぎゅうしんけい)
vestibulocochlear nerve
蝸角の争い (かかくのあらそい)
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
蝸牛角上の争い (かぎゅうかくじょうのあらそい)
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
蝸廬 (かろ)
little house; my humble home; snail shell
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