壳

Traditional (Taiwan): 殼

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

ké ㄎㄜˊ

    • shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)

      coll.

    • case casing housing (of a machine or device)

Classifiers (measure words)

shell

case

Other words read ké

In the same tone

  • 咳 ké cough
  • 颏 ké throat

ke with other tones

  • 可 kě can
  • 科 kē branch of study
  • 克 kè be able to
  • 客 kè customer
  • 课 kè subject

All 38 words read ke in any tone

qiào ㄑㄧㄠˋ

    • shell

      bound form

Other words read qiào

In the same tone

  • 鞘 qiào scabbard
  • 翘 qiào stick up
  • 撬 qiào lift
  • 窍 qiào hole
  • 俏 qiào good-looking

All 10 words read qiào

qiao with other tones

  • 瞧 qiáo look at
  • 桥 qiáo bridge
  • 敲 qiāo hit
  • 巧 qiǎo opportunely
  • 侨 qiáo emigrant

All 32 words read qiao in any tone

How 壳 is written

    部首 radical
    士
    笔画 strokes
    7, with 4 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    上下结构
    偏旁 parts
    士冗

    Words with 壳

    Starting with 壳

    Ending with 壳

    All 39 words ending with 壳

    Containing 壳

    All 16 words containing 壳

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