蠏

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 13
Total Strokes: 19
Variants: 蟹

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiè
Cantonese: haai5
JapaneseKun: KANI
JapaneseOn: KAI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: crab, brachyura

CE-Dict: variant of 蟹 crab

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蠏有二敖八足，㫄行，非蛇鮮之穴無所庇。从虫解聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蠏
【說文長箋】蟹本字。

CF-Dict: Brachyura