貝ばい
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
2. spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell)
Kanji used
shellfish
Pitch accent
ば
い
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)