蝦 — kanji meaning “shrimp”
蝦
shrimp, prawn, lobster
- Meanings
- shrimp, prawn, lobster
- On'yomi
- カ (ka)、ゲ (ge)
- Kun'yomi
- えび
- Name readings
- えみ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 9
- Newspaper frequency
- #2501 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- xiā, há — Chinese character page
Words with 蝦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蝦夷 | えみし emishi | Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan |
| 蝦蛄 | しゃこ shako | mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria); mantis crab; squilla |
| 蝦夷松 | えぞまつ ezomatsu | Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis); Jezo spruce |
| 蝦夷菊 | えぞぎく ezogiku | China aster (Callistephus chinensis); Chinese aster; annual aster |
| 蝦腰 | えびごし ebigoshi | being bent (with age); being stooped over |
| 醤蝦 | あみ ami | opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid |
| 蝦夷狼 | えぞおおかみ ezoookami | Hokkaido wolf (Canis lupus hattai, extinct) |
| 蝦夷山桜 | えぞやまざくら ezoyamazakura | sargent cherry (Prunus sargentii) |
| 蝦夷羆 | えぞひぐま ezohiguma | Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis) |
| 蝦夷地 | えぞち ezochi | Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands) |
| 蝦夷鹿 | えぞしか ezoshika | Hokkaido sika (Cervus nippon yesoensis); Yezo sika |
| 蝦夷雷鳥 | えぞらいちょう ezoraichou | hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia) |
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