ké

Traditional: 殼

壳 (ké) is a Chinese word meaning “(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc); case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)”.

Meanings

  1. 1(coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
  2. 2case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)

Related words

壳(bound form) shell壳variant of 殼|壳[qiao4]弹壳ammunition case甲壳carapace贝壳shell (of a mollusk)外壳envelope空壳empty shell脑壳(coll.) head; skull躯壳the body (as opposed to the soul)地壳the Earth's crust卡壳(of a bullet or shell) to jam蛋壳eggshell

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