Entry
  1. Noun

    kai-awase; Heian-period shell-matching game

  2. kai-awase; Heian-period shell comparison game

    Historical termsee 物合わせ

  3. tribadism; tribbing

    ColloquialVulgar expression or word

Also written 貝合せ【かいあわせ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shellfish

Kun
かい
On
バイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1787 of 2500
Radical
shell
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-5-2SKIP code
7b0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6080.0Four corner code
3961deroo
8c9dUnicode hex code
1-19-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4486Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5766New Nelson (John Haig)
2543New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3150Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1614Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
54Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
56Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1590A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
498Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
44Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36656Morohashi
90A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
240Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169sakade
917Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
49henshall3
70Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
719Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1720Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
54Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4Pinyin reading
paeKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fit, suit, join, 0.1

Kun
あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-、-あ.い、-あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、-あ.わせる
On
ゴウ、ガッ、カッ
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
41 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 12

Built from

Used in names as

あう、あん、い、か、こう、ごお、に、ね、や、わい

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-4SKIP code
2a4.18The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
2877deroo
5408Unicode hex code
1-25-71JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
383Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
715New Nelson (John Haig)
2019New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2511Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
253Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
269Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
46A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
270Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3287Morohashi
121A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
159Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
77sakade
135Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
134henshall3
124Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
33crowley
271Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
284Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
259Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
he2Pinyin reading
habKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
12WaniKani level