蟹

蟹 (radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓手中一戈 (NQLMI), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱解虫)

• KangXi: page 1098, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33668
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2898, character 2
• Unihan data for U+87F9

Historical forms of the character 蟹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, 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 (hswɛ̀).

蟹

1. crab (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: かに (kani, 蟹)

蟹 (kani): a crab.

From Old Japanese. Possibly a compound of 殻 (kara, “shell”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “red”). Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare the Jeju dialect word 깅이 (ging-i, “crab”).

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かに [kàní] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɲ̟i]

蟹 (hiragana かに, katakana カニ, rōmaji kani)

1. a crab (infraorder Brachyura)

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as カニ.

蟹 (hiragana がにー, romaji ganī)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

蟹 (hiragana がにー, romaji ganī)

1. crab

蟹 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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蟹 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

蟹 (hiragana かん, romaji kan)

1. crab

蟹 (hiragana がに, romaji gani)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

蟹 (hiragana がに, romaji gani)

1. crab

蟹 (hiragana がに, romaji gani)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

蟹 (hiragana がに, romaji gani)

1. crab

蟹 (giải)

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蟹 (hiragana がん, romaji gan)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

蟹 (hiragana がん, romaji gan)

1. crab