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Zach

Readings

Kana: バイ、かい
Romaji: bai, kai
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

shellfish

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  154
Frequency:  1787
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  2-5-2
Korean Reading:  pae
Chinese Reading:  bei4
Unicode:  8c9d
JIS:  332D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2543
Nelson Index: 4486
New Nelson Index: 5766
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7b0.1
Four Corner Index: 6080.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 90
Gakken Index: 1590
Japanese Names Index: 498
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36656
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0694
Remembering the kanji Index: 54
Kanji Flashcards Index: 917
Kodansha Compact Index: 1720
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 49
Kanji in Context Index: 719
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1614
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2200
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 54
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 56
Essential Kanji Index: 44
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3150
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3961
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 169
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 70

Words

(かい)
shell; shellfish
貝塚 (かいづか、かいずか)
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
貝類 (かいるい)
shellfish
巻き貝 (まきがい)
snail; spiral shell
灰貝 (はいがい)
ivory shell; cockle
(ばい、バイ)
Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
貝殻 (かいがら)
shell
二枚貝 (にまいがい)
bivalve
貝ボタン (かいボタン)
mother-of-pearl button
鸚鵡貝 (おうむがい、オウムガイ)
chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
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