Kanji
Readingがい
Frequency12%
Used in (137 in total)
cowrie; cowry
snail; spiral shell
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
moule; common (blue) mussel
Nitidotellina nitidula (species of tellin)
cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana); cowry
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
pearl oyster (esp. Marten's pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii)
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)
small shell; small shellfish; kanji "shell" radical at left
whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
kanji "big shell" radical
sliced abalone served in cold water
silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima); golden-lipped pearl oyster; white-lipped pearl oyster
Placamen tiara (species of venerid)
Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)
Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
shellfish fry
Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus)
cockscomb pearl mussel (Cristaria plicata)
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
Japanese egg cockle (Fulvia mutica)
pearl oyster
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii)
windowpane oyster (Placuna placenta)
Unio douglasiae (species of freshwater mussel)
Soletellina diphos (species of clam)
chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle; Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
ivory shell; cockle
sliced abalone served in cold water; raw shellfish
quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria); quahaug; hard clam; hard-shell clam; round clam; littleneck
Korean mussel (Mytilus coruscus); silicone receptacle used for male masturbation
Naticidae (family of molluscs comprising the moon snails)
Cardiidae (family of bivalve molluscs comprising the cockles)
eggcase (shell) of the greater argonaut; greater argonaut (species of paper nautilus, Argonauta argo)
whelk; small water snails
geography cone (Conus geographus); geographer cone
lantern shell
auger shell (Terebra subulata); terebra
chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
spider conch (Lambis lambis)
miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke
full-blooded tellin (Pharaonella sieboldii)
blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis); Mediterranean mussel
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)
Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)
Lunella coreensis (species of turban shell)
cone shell (Conus geographus)
limpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)
lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)
Japanese bay scallop (Pecten albicans)
toothed top shell (Monodonta labio)
ass's ear abalone (Haliotis asinina); donkey's ear abalone
moon snail (Naticidae spp.); moon shell; Marten's pearl oyster (Pinctada fucata martensii); Akoya pearl oyster
channeled apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata); golden apple snail
ox-palate nerite (Nerita albicilla); blotched nerite
Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)
scaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
precious wentletrap (Epitonium scalare)
Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)
common purple snail (Janthina janthina); common purple sea snail; violet snail; purple bubble raft snail; janthina
Inversidens brandti (species of freshwater mussel)
Japanese big-ear radix (pond snail, Radix auricularia japonica)
wedge sea hare (Dolabella auricularia)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
Astropecten scoparius (species of starfish)
Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)
Penepatella stellaeformis (species of limpet)
sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star
Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)
trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)
Lanceolaria grayana (species of freshwater mussel)
Margaritifera laevis (species of freshwater pearl mussel)
widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)
spider conch (Lambis chiragra)
date shell (Lithophaga curta); date mussel
Oncomelania hupensis nosophora (species of tropical freshwater snail)
Bostrycapulus gravispinosus (species of spiny slipper snail)
Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana)
Strombus canarium turturella (subspecies of dog conch)
chocolate cowry (Mauritia mauritiana); humpback cowry
bladder moon shell (Glossaulax didyma)
Cinnalepeta pulchella (species of spiral-shelled gastropod)
dilate piddock (Barnea dilatata)
tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris); tiger cowry
Arca avellana (species of ark shell)
Astralium haematragum (species of turban shell)
Xenostrobus securis (species of saltwater mussel)
Sakhalin surf clam (Pseudocardium sachalinense)
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
triumphant star turban (species of turban shell, Guildfordia triumphans)
Japanese geoduck (Panopea japonica)
geoduck (Panopea generosa)
embossed venus (Venus toreuma)
golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
Dosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)
Anadara kagoshimensis (species of ark clam)
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
Pinna bicolor (species of pen shell)
tiger moon shell (Natica tigrina)
Japanese horse mussel (Modiolus nipponicus)
Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)
Asian green mussel (Perna viridis)
Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)
Pronodularia japanensis (species of freshwater mussel)
elongate janthina (species of purple sea snail, Janthina globosa)
Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
black-striped mussel (Mytilopsis sallei)
scallop; giant clam
lampshell (excluding the lingulate brachiopods); lamp shell
maculated top shell (Trochus maculatus)
penguin wing oyster (Pteria penguin)
ocean quahog (Arctica islandica)
noble scallop (Chlamys nobilis)
Vulsella vulsella (species of clam)
Paphia euglypta (species of Venus clam)
Pteria brevialata (species of wing oyster)
Burchard's cockle (Vasticardium burchardi)
strawberry conch (Strombus luhuanus)