Back to Hanzi

蟹

xiè

crab, brachyura

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (insect) provides meaning, 解 provides pronunciation

HSK 19 strokes Uncommon (31%)

Practice this character →

Practice Progress

No practice yet

🧩 Components

—

Attempts: 0

Last: —

✍️ Tracing

—

Attempts: 0

Last: —

🔸 Start Point

—

Attempts: 0

Last: —

🖊️ Freehand

—

Attempts: 0

Last: —

Start practicing to see your progress here. Practice this character →

Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

解

jiě

to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

⿱解虫 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

jiě

解

to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie

💡 Ideographic: To cut 刀 the horns 角 off of an ox 牛; 角 also provides the pronunciation

13 strokes HSK 3

jiǎo

角

angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped

📷 Pictographic: A rhinoceros or other animal horn

7 strokes HSK 3

⺈

2 strokes

yòng

用

to use, to employ, to apply; use

5 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

3 strokes

⿱刀牛

Radical component

chóng

虫

insect, worm; mollusk

🔤 Pictophonetic:

6 strokes HSK 5

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

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

Words Using 蟹 (26)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

crab / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

pángxiè

螃蟹 ↗

crab / CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]]

Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac) / used erroneously for [[魔羯座]]

Móxièzuò

摩蟹座 ↗

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)

héxiè

河蟹 ↗

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)

zhāocháoxiè

招潮蟹 ↗

fiddler crab (genus Uca)

无脚蟹 ↗

wújiǎoxiè

helpless lonely person

wújiǎoxiè

无脚蟹 ↗

helpless lonely person

绒螯蟹 ↗

róngáoxiè

mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

róngáoxiè

绒螯蟹 ↗

mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)

Show 16 more words