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蟹
xiè
crab, brachyura
🔤 Pictophonetic:
虫 (insect) provides meaning, 解 provides pronunciation
Words Using 蟹 (26)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蟹
xiè
crab
蟹
xiè
crab
螃蟹
pángxiè
crab / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
螃蟹
pángxiè
crab / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]
蟹肉
xièròu
crab meat
蟹肉
xièròu
crab meat
巨蟹
Jùxiè
Cancer (star sign)
巨蟹
Jùxiè
Cancer (star sign)
摩蟹座
Móxièzuò
Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for [[魔羯座]]
摩蟹座
Móxièzuò
Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for [[魔羯座]]
河蟹
héxiè
river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" [[和諧|和谐<héxié>]], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
河蟹
héxiè
river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" [[和諧|和谐<héxié>]], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
招潮蟹
zhāocháoxiè
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
招潮蟹
zhāocháoxiè
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
无脚蟹
wújiǎoxiè
helpless lonely person
无脚蟹
wújiǎoxiè
helpless lonely person
绒螯蟹
róngáoxiè
mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
绒螯蟹
róngáoxiè
mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
溪蟹
xīxiè
fresh water crab
溪蟹
xīxiè
fresh water crab
Component Breakdown
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⿱解虫
i
Component Tree i
zhōng
中
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
💡 Ideographic:
A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
4 strokes
HSK 1
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes