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蝦

蝦 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

shrimp, prawn, lobster

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カ
  • ゲ
Kun (native)
  • えび
Nanori (used in names)
  • えみ
Other languages
  • 拼音xia1
  • 拼音ha2
  • 한글ha
  • Hán-ViệtHà

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8766

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫叚

Words using this kanji

  • 蝦夷えみし古代日本で主に東北地方以北に住んでいた一部族。 北海道、樺太、千島の旧称。蝦夷地とも。Emishi, Ezo, Yezo
  • 蝦蛄しゃこシャコ。口脚目シャコ科に属する甲殻類の総称。mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria), mantis crab, squilla
  • 蝦腰えびごしbeing bent (with age), being stooped over
  • 蝦蔓えびづるVitis ficifolia (species of grapevine)
  • 蝦夷松えぞまつYezo spruce (Picea jezoensis), Jezo spruce
  • 蝦夷菊えぞぎくキク科の一年草。中国原産。観賞用。China aster (Callistephus chinensis), Chinese aster, annual aster
  • 蝦夷狼えぞおおかみHokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct)
  • 蝦夷羆えぞひぐまHokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
  • 蝦夷地えぞち江戸時代までの現在の北海道の呼称。蝦夷。Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands), Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
  • 蝦夷鹿えぞしかHokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis), Yezo sika
  • 蝦蟇腫がましゅranula
  • 蝦夷貝えぞばいMiddendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)
  • 蝦夷茜えぞあかねyellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
  • 蝦夷蝉えぞぜみLyristes japonicus (species of cicada)
  • 蝦夷榎えぞえのきJapanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis), Jesso hackberry
  • 蝦夷菫えぞすみれViola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)
  • 蝦夷山桜えぞやまざくらsargent cherry (Prunus sargentii)
  • 蝦夷雷鳥えぞらいちょうhazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia)
  • 蝦夷鼯鼠えぞももんがPteromys volans orii (subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel, endemic to Hokkaido)
  • 蝦夷黒貂えぞくろてんJapanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
Four Corner
5714.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d9.4
Heisig
2728
Nelson
4172