Japanese Hiragana Katakana Kanji

Japanese language learning information including:

Hiragana - pronunciation and writing
Katakana - pronunciation and writing
Kanji - grades 1-6 (教育漢字 Kyōiku kanji)
Vocabulary - nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
 
Kanji Grade 1 - 貝

Kanji character Grade 1 貝. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

Click the writing practice application link on either sidebar if you want to try writing this kanji character online.
Quick Links
Grade 1    Grade 2    Grade 3    Grade 4    Grade 5    Grade 6
 
Kanji Grade 1 - 貝
 
About
shellfish
Kun: かい
On: バイ
7 strokes
Radical: shell 貝
Parts: ハ 目 貝
 
Onyomi
貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
 
Kunyomi
貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)