Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蟹




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Meaning

crab

Pronunciation

xiè

Explanation

Top: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: Is that a solution?), bottom: insect 虫

Mnemonic


 
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.

Radicals

hornPerhaps to be understood as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
knife, swordvariations are: blade 刃 and 刅
cowsecond earth branch
insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
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 Vocabulary

河蟹 hé xiè  river crab; internet censorship (Great firewall of China)
螃蟹 páng xiè  crab
蟹黄 xiè huáng  the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab; soft interior of crab as a food delicacy; crab meat
蛤蟹 há xiè  clams and crabs; seafood
蛤蟹 há xiè  


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