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蝦
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
虾
🇨🇳

shrimp

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
xiā
カ、ゲ
えび
하
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蝦)
虫 insects+ 叚 fake =
蝦 shrimp
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
叚 Phonetic component
jiǎ fake
false
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Simplified (虾)
虫 insects+ 下 below =
虾 shrimp
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
下 Phonetic component
xià below
under, underneath, below
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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)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
蝦
Regular
Modern
Chinese
虾 / 蝦 [há]
see 蝦蟆|虾蟆[há​ma]
虾 / 蝦 [xiā]
shrimp; prawn
Japanese
海老 、 蝦 (rare) 、 蛯 (rare) 、 鰕 (rare) えび 、 エビ 同音
noun usually kana prawn; shrimp; lobster
蛙 、 蛤 (irreg.) 、 蝦 (irreg.) かえる 、 かわず 、 かいる 、 カエル 、 カワズ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana frog
  2. kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
とにかくエビを与えよう。
Have some lobster at any rate.
この池には以前蛙がたくさんいたものだった。
There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.
Japanese Names
蝦 えび
Ebi surname
蝦 えみ
Emi surname
CHINESE WORDS (34)
龙虾 [lóng​xiā] #6,117
lobster
虾米 [xiā​mǐ] #15,015
small shrimp
大虾 [dà​xiā] #21,718
prawn
虾仁 [xiā​rén] #31,518
shrimp meat
对虾 [duì​xiā] #40,638
prawn
虾子 [xiā​zǐ] #25,214
shrimp roe
虾皮 [xiā​pí] #40,611
small dried shrimp
明虾 [míng​xiā] #63,501
prawn
虾酱 [xiā​jiàng] #53,398
shrimp paste
虾兵蟹将 [xiā​bīng​xiè​jiàng] #55,366
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea)
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JAPANESE WORDS (82)
⭐ 蛙 [かえる] #11,714
frog
⭐ 海老 [えび] #21,527
prawn
⭐ 蝦夷 [えみし] #41,731
Emishi
蛤 [はまぐり] #49,332
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
蟇 [ひきがえる] #56,019
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
伊勢海老 [いせえび] #65,764
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
蝦夷地 [えぞち] #67,313
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
がま口 [がまぐち] #79,697
(coin) purse with a metal clasp
エビ反り [えびぞり] #87,585
arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp)
小エビ [こエビ] #91,939
shrimp (infraorder Caridea)
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