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蛎

蛎

Readings

Kana: レイ、かき

Romaji: rei, kaki

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

oyster

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 11

Radical Number: 142

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-6-5

Korean Reading: roe

Chinese Reading: li4

Unicode: 86ce

JIS: 3342

Indexes

New Nelson Index: 5291

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d14.3

Four Corner Index: 5112.7

Remembering the kanji Index: 2697

Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2736

Words

牡蠣 (かき、ぼれい、カキ)

oyster; oyster shell