Memory phrase for the character: 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	Perhaps to be understood as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
刀	knife, sword	variations are: blade 刃 and double-edged sword 刅
牛	cow	second earth branch
虫	insect	The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.

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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