ばい
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
2. spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
Alt. forms
Kanji used
shellfish
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
palm-leaf manuscript
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
kanji "shell" radical (154)
Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)