Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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, sword(variantes are: blade 刃 and 刅)
牛 cow(second earth branch)
虫 insect(Also 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

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