Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蟹

蟹

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Meaning

crab

Pronunciation

 xiè

Explanation

 Top: solution 解 (A horn 角 was cut by a sword 刀 from that cow 牛: Is that a solution?), bottom: insect 虫

Mnemonic
It has a horn (= the shell) and with it claws 刀 it can pinch a cow. This 'insect' is: the crab.

Radicals

角 horn
刀 knife, swordvariantes are: blade 刃 and 刅
牛 cowsecond earth branch
虫 insectAlso this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.
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Vocabulary

 河蟹  hé xiè  river crab; internet censorship (Great firewall of China)
 螃蟹  páng xiè  crab
 蟹黄  xiè huáng  the ovaries, roe and digestive tract of the crab; soft interior of crab as a food delicacy; crab meat
 蛤蟹  há xiè  clams and crabs; seafood
 蛤蟹  há xiè  

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