壳
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(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 +4
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 壳
- Common rank
- #1,134
- Unicode
- U+58F3
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Words with 壳
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地壳运动 | (geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism | |
| 大洋型地壳 | oceanic crust (geology) | |
| 手机壳 | cell phone case | |
| 甲壳动物 | crustacean | |
| 空壳公司 | shell company; shell corporation | |
| 无壳族 | see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wu2 ke2 wo1 niu2] | |
| 安全壳 | containment vessel | |
| 洋底地壳 | oceanic crust (geology) | |
| 鸡蛋壳儿 | eggshell | |
| 破壳日 | (slang) (fig.) birthday | |
| 壳牌公司 | Shell (oil company) | |
| 巴豆壳 | bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative | |
| 地壳 | the Earth's crust | |
| 壳儿 | shell; crust | |
| 油底壳 | oil sump | |
| 机壳 | case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc) | |
| 贝壳儿 | erhua variant of 貝殼|贝壳[bei4 ke2] | |
| 甲壳素 | chitin | |
| 外壳 | envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case | |
| 空壳 | empty shell |