Kanji Details:
- 螺
- Frequency:0
- Kun: にし, にな
- On: ラ
- Meaning: small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 螺旋 らせん spiral, helix; screw 螺 にし, ニシ small spiral-shelled snail 螺子回し ねじまわし screwdriver 雌螺子 めねじ female screw 駄法螺 だぼら big talk, tall tale 二重螺旋 にじゅうらせん double helix (structure of DNA) 螺子山 ネジやま, ねじやま screw thread, ridge 螺子 ねじ, らし screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) 螺旋 ねじ, らし screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.), spring (of a clock, watch, etc.) 栄螺 さざえ, さざい, サザエ turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)