shell
壳 is a 7 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as ké in the second tone, however it can also be pronounced as qiào.
In traditional Chinese the character 殼 is used.
It is made up of the components 士 (scholar) and 冗 (excessive).
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 壳
Definitions for 壳 pronounced as ké
Definitions for 壳 pronounced as qiào
- shell
- carapace
- crust (earth's crust etc)
- also pr. [ke2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 壳 — see all
- envelope
- outer shell
- hull
- cover
- case
- skull
- (fig.) brain (mental capacity)
- shell
- conch
- cowry
- mother of pearl
- hard outer skin
- also pr. [bei4 qiao4]
Collections
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Book 5 part 2
by Junon ※ 199 characters
HSK 6
by CharacterPop ※ 924 characters