Word Meaning 貝を吹く

かいをふく kai o fuku

貝を吹く is read as かいをふく (kai o fuku) and means to blow a conch.

Meaning

English

  1. to blow a conch
  2. to blow a trumpet shell
  3. to blow the war horn

Reading

Kana

かいをふく

Romaji

kai o fuku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 147396 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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貝塚伊吹

かいずかいぶき

Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. kaizuka)

潮吹貝

しおふきがい

Mactra veneriformis (species of trough shell)

かい

shellfish

貝細工

かいざいく

shellwork

貝殻

かいがら

seashell

貝塚

かいずか

shell heap

貝独楽

ばいごま

spinning top (traditionally made of Japanese babylon shell)

貝殻状断口

かいがらじょうだんこう

conchoidal fracture

貝殻状割れ口

かいがらじょうわれくち

conchoidal fracture

吹く

ふく

to blow (of the wind)

芽吹く

めぶく

to bud