壳 - ké - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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壳 (殼)

ké

Definition

shell
carapace
crust (earth's crust etc)

Character Decomposition

Related words (32)

shell; crust

crust-mantle (geology)

外壳

wài ké

envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case

ammunition case

coconut shell

crust; hard shell

rice husk

crust; crusting; incrustation

脑壳

nǎo ké

skull; (fig.) brain (mental capacity)

脱壳

tuō ké

to break out of an eggshell; to molt; to remove the husk; to shell

clamshell

eggshell

to exuviate; to molt

husk of grain; grain and chaff

贝壳

bèi ké

shell; conch; cowry; mother of pearl; hard outer skin; also pr. [bei4 qiao4]

tortoise shell

tortoise shell

bivalve; Lamellibranchia

containment vessel

see 屎蚵螂

bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative

see 无壳蜗牛

oil sump

tortoise shell

nut; fruit with hard shell

无壳蜗牛

wú ké wō niú

(fig.) people who cannot afford to buy their own house

coconut fiber; coir

stubborn; obstinate; bullet-headed

coleoptera

metal cover

muddled; momentarily confused

鸡蛋壳儿

jī dàn ké r

eggshell

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