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蟹

蟹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かに。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「虫」+音符「解」。「かに」を意味する漢語｛蟹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

crab

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カイ
Kun (native)
  • かに
Other languages
  • 拼音xie4
  • 한글hae
  • Hán-ViệtGiải

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+87F9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱解虫

Words using this kanji

  • 蟹かにかに。crab
  • 蟹蒲カニカマimitation crab meat, crab sticks
  • 蟹虫かにむしpseudoscorpion (any arachnid of order Pseudoscorpionida), false scorpion
  • 蟹瞞かにだましporcelain crab (any decapod crustacean of family Porcellanidae)
  • 蟹草かにくさJapanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum)
  • 蟹飯かにめしcrab meat and rice
  • 蟹屎かにくそ新生児が生後最初にする黒っぽく粘り気のある便。かにばば。meconium
  • 蟹工船かにこうせんcrab-canning boat
  • 蟹蜘蛛かにぐもcrab spider (any spider of family Thomisidae)
  • 蟹目釘かにめくぎ頭が丸く盛り上がって半球状になった化粧釘。蟹の目にみたてて呼ぶ。large half-dome-shaped nail
  • 蟹の目かにのめpivot (of a folding fan)
  • 蟹食犬かにくいいぬcrab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous), forest fox, wood fox, common fox
  • 蟹蝙蝠かにこうもりParasenecio adenostyloides (species of daisy)
  • 蟹足腫かいそくしゅkeloid
  • 蟹食い猿カニクイザルcrab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis), long-tailed macaque
  • 蟹食海豹かにくいあざらしcrabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)
  • 蟹行文字かいこうもんじcross-wise writing, alphabet usually written horizontally
  • 蟹しゃぶかにしゃぶcrab shabu-shabu
  • 蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘るかにはこうらににせてあなをほるto each their own, different strokes for different folks, cut your coat to suit your cloth

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(74 results)

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-13-6
Four Corner
2713.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d13.7
Heisig
2722
Nelson
4195