Kanji Detail for 蛸 - "huntsman spider, mantis egg case, octopus"

蛸

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
蛸 means "huntsman spider, mantis egg case, octopus."
1. Huntsman spider - A spider of the family Sparassidae (used in compound 蠨蛸).
2. Mantis egg case - The egg sac of a praying mantis (used in compound 螵蛸).
3. Octopus - A cephalopod of the order Octopoda with eight arms (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

octopus

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

long legged spider; octopus; chrysalis of mantis

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

long-legged spider

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest

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

蠨蛸. A type of spider. Four to five fen long. Legs are very long and thin like silk. Commonly called 高腳蜘蛛 (daddy longlegs).
Onyomi

shoh(しょう)

soh(そう)
Kunyomi

tako(たこ)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

虫 (mushi・mushihen)
Related Keywords
huntsman spider family sparassidae mantis egg case sac praying octopus cephalopod order octopoda eight arms