蟹 — Chinese character
蟹
xiè
crab, brachyura
- Pinyin
- xiè
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 解 虫
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 解
- Japanese
- 蟹 as a kanji
Common words with 蟹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螃蟹 | páng xiè | crab; 只 (zhī) |
| 河蟹 | hé xiè | river crab; Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和谐 (hé xié), which is blocked by the great firewall of China) |
| 大闸蟹 (大閘蟹) | dà zhá xiè | Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab |
| 蟹肉 | xiè ròu | crab meat |
| 寄居蟹 | jì jū xiè | hermit crab |
| 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) |
| 蟹黄 (蟹黃) | xiè huáng | the ovary and digestive glands of a female crab (eaten as a delicacy) |
| 蟹粉 | xiè fěn | crab meat |
| 和乐蟹 (和樂蟹) | hé lè xiè | Hele crab |
| 帝王蟹 | dì wáng xiè | king crab (esp. Paralithodes camtschaticus) |
| 招潮蟹 | zhāo cháo xiè | fiddler crab (genus Uca) |
| 椰子蟹 | yē zi xiè | coconut crab (Birgus latro) |
English words written with 蟹
蟹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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.