殻 - Husk
Under a crown awning, a Samurai at a table slams a missile-shaped pestle to thresh grain, leaving only the Husk; in Japanese people say '殻を破る' to mean 'break out of one’s shell,' and the reading 'kara' echoes 'empty' (空, also read 'kara').
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殻 - Husk
Index #1317
Grade 7
11 strokes
JLPT Level: N1
Readings: カク, から
Compound Kanji
