Word Meaning 膝皿貝

ひざらがい hizaragai

膝皿貝 is read as ひざらがい (hizaragai) and means Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
  2. chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora)
  3. sea cradle

Reading

Kana

ひざらがい

Romaji

hizaragai

Writing Variants

  • 火皿貝 ひざらがい hizaragai
  • 石鼈 じいがせ jiigase
  • 石鼈 ひざらがい hizaragai
  • 爺が背 じいがせ jii ga se

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 2級 Rank 160803 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

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膝の皿

ひざのさら

kneecap

ひざ

knee

かい

shellfish

巻き貝

まきがい

snail

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

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)

松葉貝

まつばがい

Cellana nigrolineata (species of limpet)

海松食貝

みるくいがい

mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

水字貝

すいじがい

spider conch (Lambis chiragra)

熊の子貝

くまのこがい

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)