Kanji Detail for 螺 - "spiral, shell, conch"

螺

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
螺 means "spiral, shell, conch."
1. Spiral shell - A coiled sea shell.
2. Conch - A large spiral shell used as horn.
3. Helix - A spiral or coiled shape.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

spiral shell; conch; spiral

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

spiral shell; snail; conch

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

spiral shell, conch; spiral

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

Originally written as 蠃. A mollusk. Shell is hard. Has spiral lines. Its body can coil and hide within. Many varieties. Large ones can be used as wine vessels and wind instruments. The inner surface of the shell has beautiful luster. Used as decoration in lacquerware. Called 螺鈿 (mother-of-pearl inlay). | Hair bun is called 螺 (spiral). Children's tied hair is called 螺髻 (spiral topknot). Because it coils like a snail shell. Therefore mountain colors are also called 螺. Using women's hair buns as a metaphor for peaks.
Onyomi

ra(ら)
Kunyomi

horagai(ほらがい)

nina(にな)

nishi(にし)

tsubu(つぶ)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
spiral shell conch helix coil snail sea ocean horn winding curl twist marine natural growth expanding nautical circular rotating trumpet