殻

から · kara · JLPT N3 · noun

shell

🐚🥚 Sounds like 空 kara, empty: a shell is the empty case left behind

The right side 殳 means strike, and you crack a shell by hitting it. You'll see it in 貝殻 (kaigara, seashell) and 卵の殻 (tamago no kara, eggshell).

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