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  1. Noun

    oyster; oyster shell

    Usually written using kana alone

    牡蠣はどうも私の体質に合わない。
    Oysters don't agree with me.

Also written 牡蛎【かき】、蠣【かき】、硴【かき】

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Characters in this word

2
牡
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

male

Kun
おすお-おん-
On
ボボウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2155 of 2500
Radical
牛 cow

Built from

牛土
Words starting with 牡Words ending in 牡Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (17)
CodeReference
1-4-3SKIP code
4g3.1The Kanji Dictionary
2451.0Four corner code
2472deroo
7261Unicode hex code
1-18-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3536New Nelson (John Haig)
839New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2552Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2609Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
407Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19933Morohashi
mu3Pinyin reading
moKorean reading
蠣
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

oyster

Kun
かき
On
レイ
Strokes
20
Radical
虫 insect

Built from

虫田厂禹艾
Words starting with 蠣Words ending in 蠣Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (11)
CodeReference
1-6-14SKIP code
6d14.3The Kanji Dictionary
5112.7Four corner code
8823Unicode hex code
1-73-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4198Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5399New Nelson (John Haig)
2870Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33799XMorohashi
li4Pinyin reading
ryeoKorean reading