Kanji List

螺

• kun: にし, にな
• on: ラ
• meaning: small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
• words:

  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)