Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
shellfish
Kun:
かい
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
  • 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
  • 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
  • パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4
Korean:
pae

Spanish

  • concha

Portuguese

  • Marisco
  • conchas

French

  • coquillage
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
90 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1590 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4486 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
44 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
917 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
498 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
719 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1720 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
54 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36656 Morohashi
2543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5766 New Nelson (John Haig)
54 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
56 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
70 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3961 2001 Kanji
7b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-19-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9d Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
draw near, stop in, bring near, gather, collect, send, forward
Kun:
よ.る-よ.りよ.せる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
673 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寄港 【キコウ】 calling at a port, making an intermediate stop at an airport
  • 寄金 【キキン】 contribution, donation
  • 数寄 【スキ】 refined taste, elegant pursuits

Kun reading compounds

  • 寄る 【よる】 to approach, to draw near, to come near, to be close to, to gather (in one place), to come together, to meet, to stop by (while on one's way to another place), to drop by, to make a short visit, to grow old, to grow high (number, etc.), to grow (wrinkly), to lean against, to recline on, to push one's opponent while holding their belt, to decide on a price and come to a deal, to be swayed by (a person), to yield to
  • 寄ると触ると 【よるとさわると】 whenever they come together
  • 寄せる 【よせる】 to come near, to let someone approach, to bring near, to bring together, to collect, to gather, to deliver (opinion, news, etc.), to send (e.g. a letter), to contribute, to donate, to let someone drop by, to add (numbers), to have feelings for (love, goodwill, trust, etc.), to rely upon for a time, to depend on, to use as a pretext, to put aside, to press, to push, to force, to include, to welcome (in a group), to let in

Readings

Japanese names:
よせ、 より、 よろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • colaborar
  • apoyarse en
  • acercarse
  • reunirse
  • arrimar
  • juntar

Portuguese

  • aproximar
  • juntar
  • colecionar
  • enviar
  • adiantar

French

  • approcher
  • s'approcher
  • faire une visite
  • collecter
  • rassembler
  • envoyer
  • faire suivre
576 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
671 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
642 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
545 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1318 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
692 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
471 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1525 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1361 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1445 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1120 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
486 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2856 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1983 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
196 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7203 Morohashi
2291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1345 New Nelson (John Haig)
192 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
204 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
727 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
749 2001 Kanji
3m8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3062.1 Four corner code
1-20-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc4 Unicode hex code