Memory phrase for the character: 蟹


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Meaning crab

Pronunciation

xiè

Explanation

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

Mnemonic


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

Radicals

horn
knife, swordvariations are: blade and 刅
cowsecond earth branch
insectAlso this radical 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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