Kanji Detail for 蛑 - "cutworm, swimming crab"

蛑

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蛑 means "cutworm, swimming crab."
1. Cutworm - A pest that eats plant roots.
2. Swimming crab - A crustacean of the family Portunidae (used in compound 蝤蛑).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

marine crab

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

a marine crab

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

marine crab

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

a marine crab

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

蝤蛑. A type of crab. Commonly called 梭子蟹 (shuttle crab). Head and thorax are horizontally long. Each side has a sharp spine protruding. Front is wide, back is narrow. Body is dark green. Lives near the sea.
Onyomi

boh(ぼう)

moh(もう)

mu(む)
Kunyomi
none
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
cutworm pest eats plant roots swimming crab crustacean family portunidae