殼
ké
casing, shell, husk, hull, skin
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 殳
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 2
Other readings: qiào
Simplified form: 壳
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 壳, the simplified form of 殼. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
她在海边卖贝壳。
Tā zài hǎi biān mài bèi ké
She sells seashells by the seashore.
那个人那么小气，连谷壳都不让老鼠吃。
Nà gè rén nà me xiǎo qì lián gǔ ké dōu bù ràng lǎo shǔ chī
That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff.
蛋壳容易破碎。
Dàn ké róng yì pò suì
The shell of an egg is easily broken.
蜗牛缩进壳里去了。
Wō niú suō jìn qiào lǐ qù le
The snail retreated into its shell.
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Words containing 壳
- 贝壳bèi ké 4–2 shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; also pr. [bèi qiào]
- 壳qiào 4shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ké]