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Marine A Marine Crab

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
móu
ボウ、ム、モウ
Components
虫 insects+ 牟 make =
蛑 Marine A Marine Crab
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
insect
牟 Phonetic component
móu make
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
蛑
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蛑 [móu]
marine crab
Example Sentences
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
台湾蝤蛑 [たいわんがざみ]
blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus)
蝤蛑 [がざみ]
swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus)
鋸がざみ [のこぎりがざみ]
mud crab (Scylla serrata)