Keyword
crab
- brachyura
- Frequency
- #2601
- Strokes
- 19
Readings
xiè
Mnemonic
虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 解 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蟹
crab
螃蟹
crab
巨蟹座
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
河蟹
river crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和谐 (héxié), which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
大闸蟹
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
巨蟹
Cancer (star sign)
蟹肉
crab meat
寄居蟹
hermit crab
虾兵蟹将
shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom)
蟹黄
the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)
蟹粉
crab meat