蟹 — kanji meaning “crab”
蟹
crab
- Meanings
- crab
- On'yomi
- カイ (kai)
- Kun'yomi
- かに
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2417 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- xiè — Chinese character page
Words with 蟹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蟹工船 | かにこうせん kanikousen | crab-canning boat |
| 毛蟹 | けがに kegani | horsehair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii); hairy crab |
| 沢蟹 | さわがに sawagani | Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani) |
| 弁慶蟹 | べんけいがに benkeigani | Sesarmops intermedium (species of grapsoid crab) |
| 兜蟹 | かぶとがに kabutogani | horseshoe crab |
| 高足蟹 | たかあしがに takaashigani | Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi); giant spider crab |
| タラバ蟹 | たらばがに tarabagani | red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) |
| 旭蟹 | あさひがに asahigani | red frog crab (Ranina ranina) |
| 隠れ蟹 | かくれがに kakuregani | pea crab (any crab of the family Pinnotheridae) |
| 蟹食い猿 | かにくいざる kanikuizaru | crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis); long-tailed macaque |
| 砂蟹 | すながに sunagani | Ocypode stimpsoni (species of ghost crab, sand crab or white crab) |
| 椰子蟹 | やしがに yashigani | coconut crab (Birgus latro) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.