蟹
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crab
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 虫 +13
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 蟹
- Common rank
- #1,921
- Unicode
- U+87F9
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Formation & memory
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Words with 蟹
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相手蟹 | crab of family Sesarmidae | |
| 无脚蟹 | helpless lonely person | |
| 蟹状星云 | Crab Nebula | |
| 和乐蟹 | Hele crab | |
| 天蟹座 | Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac); variant of 巨蟹座 | |
| 软脚蟹 | same as 軟腳蝦|软脚虾[ruan3 jiao3 xia1] | |
| 蟹化 | (biology) to carcinize | |
| 帝王蟹 | king crab (esp. Paralithodes camtschaticus) | |
| 蟹黄 | the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) | |
| 河蟹 | river crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by … | |
| 巨蟹座 | Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac) | |
| 蟹肉 | crab meat | |
| 虾兵蟹将 | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon… | |
| 雪蟹 | snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) | |
| 豆蟹 | pea crab (Pinnotheres pisum) | |
| 招潮蟹 | fiddler crab (genus Uca) | |
| 蟹粉 | crab meat | |
| 蟹爪兰 | holiday cactus | |
| 寄居蟹 | hermit crab | |
| 椰子蟹 | coconut crab (Birgus latro) |
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