蟹

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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

蟹 (radical 142 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓手中一戈 (NQLMI), four-corner 27136)

  1. crab (Brachyura)

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1098, character 49
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33668
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2898, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+87F9

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

蟹 (jyutping haai5, Yale haai5)

Noun [edit]

蟹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiè)

  1. crab (Brachyura)

Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

蟹 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Japanese. Possibly a compound of 殻 (kara, “shell”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “red”). Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare the Jeju dialect word 깅이 (ging-i, “crab”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

蟹 (hiragana かに, romaji kani)

  1. a crab (infraorder Brachyura)

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

蟹 (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune-Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

蟹 (pinyin chán (chan2), dàn (dan4), tuó (tuo2), xiè (xie4), Wade-Giles ch'an2, tan4, t'o2, hsieh4)

Noun [edit]

蟹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiè)

  1. crab (Brachyura)

Synonyms [edit]

Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

蟹 (giải)

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