15 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

snail

Kun'yomi
  • かたつむり
On'yomi

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

snail
カ かたつむり (Kentei 1)
insect, bug, temper
むし チュウ キ (1st, N2)
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
rising stroke
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
crooked mouth, evil, dishonest
カイ ケ クウ (Kentei 1)
cut flesh from bones(剮) variant
カ ケ わ.ける
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 8778
JIS X 0208 1-73-87
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4170
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 5362
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 33338
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 6d9.11
Four corner code 5712.7