蟚

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 12
Total Strokes: 18
Variants: 蟛

Pronunciation

Pinyin: péng
Cantonese: paang4
JapaneseOn: HOU BYOU
Korean: PHAYNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a small land crab

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蟚
【唐韻】薄庚切【集韻】蒲庚切，𠀤音彭。【說文】蟚蜞也。【古今注】蟚蜞，小蟹，生海邊泥中，食土。一名長唧。其一有螯偏大者名擁劒。一名執火。　又蟚螖。【爾雅·釋魚】螖蠌，小者蟧。【註】卽蟚螖也，似蟹而小。　或作蟛。