蟹

See also 蠏

Translingual

Han character

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

1. crab (Brachyura)

References

• 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

蟹 (jyutping haai5, Yale haai5)

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Japanese

Kanji

蟹 (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: かに (kani)

Noun

蟹 (hiragana かに, romaji kani)

1. crab (Brachyura)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Noun

蟹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiè)

1. crab (Brachyura)

Synonyms

• 螃蟹

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Vietnamese

Han character

蟹 (giải)