灰貝
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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灰 | 貝 |
はい Grade: 6 |
かい > がい Grade: 1 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]灰 (hai, “ash”) + 貝 (gai, “clam”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]灰貝 or 灰貝 • (haigai) ←はひがひ (fafigafi) or ハヒガヒ (fafigafi)?
- blood cockle, blood clam (an Asian species of bivalve resembling the cockle) (Tegillarca granosa)
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ハイガイ.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 灰 read as はい
- Japanese terms spelled with 貝 read as かい
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji
- ja:Bivalves