qiào

casing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 㱿 represents the sound.

Components
几 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

small table

A table is considered to be a hard object, much like a casing.

㱿 sound component

㱿  Sound component

què

  

to strike from above

Definitions

() 

casing, shell, husk, hull, skin

() 

qiào

shell; carapace; crust (earth's crust etc); also pr. [ké]

Most common words with 殼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

shell

外壳

envelope

弹壳

ammunition case

贝壳

shell

甲壳

carapace