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shell / carapace / crust (earth's crust etc) / also pr. [ke2]

"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]

extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule

small table

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

variant of 冗[rong3]

almost

how much / how many / several / a few

ammunition case

envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case

the Earth's crust

see 殼牌公司|壳牌公司[Qiao4 pai2 gong1 si1]

containment vessel

see 屎蚵螂[shi3 ke1 lang2]

crust-mantle (geology)

Shell (oil company)

chitin

(coll.) feeder pig

tortoise shell

see 無殼蝸牛|无壳蜗牛[wu2 ke2 wo1 niu2]

fig. people who cannot afford to buy their own house

bivalve / Lamellibranchia

carapace / hard outer shell

crustal movement / movement of tectonic plates

oceanic crust (geology)

bark of Croton tiglium used as purgative

case, casing, cabinet or housing (of a computer, photocopier etc)

shell / crust