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Chinese Vocabulary

壳

shell

壳
ké2nd tone
Pinyin
ké
Strokes
7
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 壳

壳 is written with 7 strokes. The animation replays automatically.

Usage

A clam’s only defence.

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壳 appears in 1 Fluentide podcast episode at natural native speed — each with the full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.

Blue Crabs Rode Ballast Water to Italy and Ate the Clams. So They Released 80,000 Baby Octopuses — Which May Not Go Where the Crabs Are.壳 spoken at natural speedbeginner
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FAQ

Related words from the same episodes

贝shellfish, clam吃to eat开to open水water章鱼octopus

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