Word Meaning 蝶貝

ちょうがい chougai

蝶貝 is read as ちょうがい (chougai) and means silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima).

Meaning

English

  1. silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)
  2. golden-lipped pearl oyster
  3. white-lipped pearl oyster

Reading

Kana

ちょうがい

Romaji

chougai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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白蝶貝

しろちょうがい

silver-lipped pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)

池蝶貝

いけちょうがい

Hyriopsis schlegelii (species of freshwater mussel)

黒蝶貝

くろちょうがい

black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)

蝶々

ちょうちょ

butterfly

ちょう

butterfly

蝶々夫人

ちょうちょうふじん

Madama Butterfly (opera by Puccini)

宮入貝

みやいりがい

miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora)

本美之主貝

ほんびのすがい

quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria)

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)

熊の子貝

くまのこがい

Chlorostoma xanthostigma (species of sea snail)

美之主貝

びのすがい

Mercenaria stimpsoni (species of Venus clam)