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貝
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
貝
ばい
ばい
Kanji used
貝
shellfish
Pitch accent
ば
い
Used in: 2
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
貝
ばい
多
た
羅
ら
葉
よう
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
貝
ばい
葉
よう
palm-leaf manuscript
貝
ばい
多
た
羅
ら
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)
貝
ばい
部
ぶ
kanji "shell" radical (154)
蝦
え
夷
ぞ
貝
ばい
Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)