Memory phrase for the character: 蟹
蟹
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
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It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab. Radicals
角
horn Perhaps to be understood as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
刀
knife, sword variations are: blade 刃 and double-edged sword 刅
牛
cow second earth branch
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
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Vocabulary
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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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