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crab

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
xiè
カイ
かに
해
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠏.
Components
虫 insects+ 解 untie =
蟹 crab
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
解 Phonetic component
jiě untie
loosen, unfasten, untie
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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)
蟹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蟹 [xiè]
crab
Japanese
蟹 かに 、 カニ 同音
noun usually kana crab
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
私はカニを大ごちそうだと思っている。
I regard crab as a great delicacy.
Japanese Names
蟹 かに
Kani surname
CHINESE WORDS (38)
螃蟹 [páng​xiè] #7,425
crab
巨蟹座 [Jù​xiè​zuò] #4,189
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
蟹肉 [xiè​ròu] #23,530
crab meat
寄居蟹 [jì​jū​xiè] #37,630
hermit crab
河蟹 [hé​xiè] #23,926
river crab
蟹黄 [xiè​huáng] #58,514
the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab
蟹黄 [xiè​huáng] #58,514
the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab
蟹粉 [xiè​fěn] #44,246
crab meat
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)
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 (89)
⭐ 蟹 [かに] #17,040
crab
がに股 [がにまた] #70,537
bowlegs
毛ガニ [けガニ] #88,508
hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii)
かに座 [かにざ] #92,550
Cancer (constellation)
カニ歩き [カニあるき] #100,721
walking like a crab
蟹工船 [かにこうせん] #106,647
crab-canning boat
かに玉 [かにたま] #121,175
Chinese dish with fried egg and crab
さるかに合戦 [さるかにがっせん] #131,102
The Monkey and the Crab (folktale)
カニ味噌 [かにみそ] #134,453
brown meat (crab)
沢蟹 [さわがに] #135,693
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
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