殼 (ké)
shell; casing; crust
How 殼 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 士 — scholar
- Traditional
- 殼
- Simplified
- 壳
Common words using 殼
- 外殼 wàiké
- envelope; outer shell; hull
- 屎殼郎 shǐkélàng
- see 屎蚵螂[shi3 ke1 lang2]
- 甲殼蟲 jiǎqiàochóng
- beetle; order Coleoptera; the Beatles (1960s UK pop group)
- 蛋殼 dànké
- eggshell
- 貝殼 bèiké
- shell; conch; cowry
- 軀殼 qūqiào
- the body (housing the soul)
- 地殼 dìqiào
- the Earth's crust
- 彈殼 dànké
- ammunition case
- 椰殼 yēké
- coconut shell
- 殼兒 kér
- shell; crust
- 殼牌 qiàopái
- see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[Qiao4 pai2 gong1 si1]
- 甲殼 jiǎqiào
- carapace; crust; outer shell
殼 in a sentence
吃水煮蛋要先剝殼。
Chī shuǐzhǔdàn yào xiān bō ké.
“You have to peel the shell before eating a boiled egg.”
How common is 殼?
殼 is the 1,934th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.9% of all running text.
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