殻

See also: 壳, 殼, and 穀

殻 U+6BBB, 殻 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BBB ← 殺 [U+6BBA] CJK Unified Ideographs 殼 → [U+6BBC]

殻 U+2F8F6, 殻 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8F6 ← 殺 [U+2F8F5] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣪍 → [U+2F8F7]

Translingual

Traditional	殼
Shinjitai	殻
Simplified	壳

Glyph origin

Variant of 殼.

Han character

殻 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 土弓竹弓水 (GNHNE) or 難難土弓竹 (XXGNH), composition ⿰壳殳)

Derived characters

• 𰊙, 慤, 𤛓, 𤠼, 𦎼, 𧐜, 𣝝, 𪅏, 𪍥, 𪖃, 𰒛

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 586, character 1
• Dae Jaweon: page 978, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2159, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6BBB

• Unihan data for U+2F8F6

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 殻 – see 殼 (“shell; husk; hull; skin; casing; ladle”). (This character is a variant form of 殼).

Japanese

Shinjitai	殻
Kyūjitai	殼

Kanji

殻

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 殼)

Readings

• Go-on: こく (koku)
• Kan-on: かく (kaku, Jōyō)
• On: ばい (bai)
• Kun: から (kara, 殻, Jōyō)、がら (gara)

Compounds

• 地(ち)殻(かく) (chikaku, “crust of the earth”)
• 卵(らん)殻(かく) (rankaku, “eggshell”)
• 貝(かい)殻(がら) (kaigara, “shell”)
• 豆(まめ)殻(がら) (mamegara, “bean husk”)
• 甲(こう)殻(かく)類(るい) (kōkakurui, “Crustacea”)
• 抜(ぬ)け殻(がら) (nukegara, “cast-off skin”)
• 燃(も)え殻(がら) (moegara, “cinders”)
• 石(せき)炭(たん)柄(がら) (sekitangara, “coal cinders”)
• 吸(す)い殻(がら) (suigara, “cigarette butt”)
• 卵(たまご)の殻(から) (tamago no kara, “eggshell”)
• 殻(から)を閉(と)ざす (kara o tozasu, “retire into one's shell”)

Noun

殻(から) • (kara) 

1. shell, crust, chaff

   卵(たまご)の殻(から)は壊(こわ)れやすい

   tamago no kara wa koware-yasui

   The shell of an egg is easily broken

2. husk, hull

Suffix

殻(がら) • (-gara) 

1. cinders, ashes
2. leftovers (compare English shell)