Memory phrase for the character: 殻

殻

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Meaning

husk, hull, (nut) shell

Pronunciation

KAKU
kara

Explanation

 Left from top: samurai 士, cover 冖, table 几 (or variation of: to sell 売); right: 殳 (weapon 几 in a hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
A samurai is at a table (covered with a table-cloth 冖) with his weapon in the hand and cracks the husks and shells.

Radicals

売 to sell
殳 Hand with axeThe Radical rumata shows a hand 又 with an axe .




 Vocabulary

貝殻 かいがら  shell
殻 から  shell, husk, hull, chaff
殻果 かくか  hard-shelled nut (e.g. walnut, pecan, almond)

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