蟹
Meanings
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- 1.crab
- 1.variant of 蟹[xiè]
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Wiktionary
- 1.crab (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
- 2.to decrease in value, such that selling it will result in loss
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡreːʔ): phonetic 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs) + semantic 虫. Originally written as 蠏. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k(j)aːj (“crab”). Compare S'gaw Karen ဆွဲၣ် (hsweh̀). ; “to decrease in value’
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
一蟹不如一蟹上山捉蟹——難 / 上山捉蟹——难大煠蟹大石砸死蟹大閘蟹大闸蟹寄居蟹巨蟹座快蟹船扮蟹旭蟹梭子蟹毛蟹沒腳蟹没脚蟹沙蟹河蟹海蟹炒蝦拆蟹炒虾拆蟹無腳蟹无脚蟹瓷蟹百足蟹紅蟹红蟹蘆洲蟹舍芦洲蟹舍蝦兵蟹將虾兵蟹将
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Related words
溪蟹 crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs蟹化 (biology) to carcinize蟹黄 the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy)巨蟹 Cancer (star sign)蟹酱 crab paste河蟹 river crab豆蟹 pea crab (Pinnotheres pisum)蟹粉 crab meat雪蟹 snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)蛤蟹 clams and crabs蟹獴 crab-eating mongoose蟹肉 crab meat