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蟹
xiè
1. crab
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 19 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

蟹
xiè
crab, brachyura
19 丶

Compound Words (20)

巨蟹
Jùxiè
Cancer (star sign)
河蟹
héxiè
river crab
溪蟹
xīxiè
fresh water crab
蛤蟹
háxiè
clams and crabs
螃蟹
pángxiè
crab
蟹獴
xièměng
crab-eating mongoose
蟹粉
xièfěn
crab meat
蟹肉
xièròu
crab meat
蟹酱
xièjiàng
crab paste
蟹黄
xièhuáng
the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab
雪蟹
xuěxiè
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
和乐蟹
hélèxiè
Hele crab
天蟹座
Tiānxièzuò
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
寄居蟹
jìjūxiè
hermit crab
巨蟹座
Jùxièzuò
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
招潮蟹
zhāocháoxiè
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
摩蟹座
Móxièzuò
Capricorn (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
无脚蟹
wújiǎoxiè
helpless lonely person
绒螯蟹
róngáoxiè
mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
蟹爪兰
xièzhuǎlán
holiday cactus

Alternate Entries

蟹
xiè
variant of [[蟹<xiè>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,048
Word Frequency Rank
745 of 84,292

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