虾 — Chinese character
虾
xiā
shrimp, prawn
- Pinyin
- xiā
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 虫 下
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 下
- Traditional
- 蝦
Common words with 虾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 龙虾 (龍蝦) | lóng xiā | lobster |
| 鱼虾 (魚蝦) | yú xiā | fish and shrimp; aquatic produce |
| 虾子 (蝦子) | xiā zǐ | shrimp roe; shrimp eggs |
| 虾子 (蝦子) | xiā zi | shrimp |
| 小龙虾 (小龍蝦) | xiǎo lóng xiā | crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish 克氏原螯虾 (Kè shì yuán áo xiā) |
| 虾米 (蝦米) | xiā mǐ | small shrimp; dried, shelled shrimps; (Tw) (coll.) what (from Taiwanese 啥物, Tai-lo pr. [siánn-mih], equivalent to Mandarin 什么 (shén me)) |
| 对虾 (對蝦) | duì xiā | prawn; shrimp |
| 虾仁 (蝦仁) | xiā rén | shrimp meat; shelled shrimp |
| 大虾 (大蝦) | dà xiā | prawn; (Internet slang) expert |
| 磷虾 (磷蝦) | lín xiā | krill |
| 小虾 (小蝦) | xiǎo xiā | shrimp |
| 虾兵蟹将 (蝦兵蟹將) | xiā bīng xiè jiàng | shrimp soldiers and crab generals (in mythology or popular fiction, the army of the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea); useless troops (idiom) |
English words written with 虾
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.