Word Meaning しゃこ貝

しゃこがい shakogai

しゃこ貝 is read as しゃこがい (shakogai) and means giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae).

Meaning

English

giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae)

Reading

Kana

しゃこがい

Romaji

shakogai

Writing Variants

硨磲貝 しゃこがい shakogai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 143810 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

貝

かい

shellfish

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

大野貝

おおのがい

Mya arenaria oonogai (subspecies of soft-shell clam)

子安貝

こやすがい

cowrie (esp. the chocolate cowrie, Mauritia mauritiana)

三味線貝

しゃみせんがい

lingulate brachiopod (esp. species Lingula anatina)

水字貝

すいじがい

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

秋田貝

あきたがい

Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)

小玉貝

こたまがい

Gomphina melanegis (species of Venus clam)

大貝

おおがい

kanji "big shell" radical

三角貝

さんかくがい

trigoniid (any clam of family Trigoniidae)

一ノ貝

いちのかい

kanji "big shell" radical

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)