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Kanji Detail for 殼 - "shell, strike"

  • Meaning

    殼 means "shell, strike."

    1. Shell - A hard outer covering.

    2. Strike - To hit.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    husk; nut shell

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    casing, shell, husk, hull, skin

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    casing, husk, shell

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The hard outer covering of something is called 殼 (shell).
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