壳

殼
qiào
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(bound form) shell, Taiwan pr. [ke2]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

壳 has 几, a table, as its meaning part, and first meant a hard outer skin or shell. From shell the sense widened to housing and casing. Read qiào, it means crust.

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Homophones

HSK 6
翘qiào
to raise
撬qiào
to pry

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