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Kanji Detail for 蟹 - "crab, protection, tenacious"
蟹
- Meaning
蟹 means "crab, protection, tenacious."
Crab - A crustacean with pincers.
Shellfish - A hard-shelled sea creature.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
crab
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
crab
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
crab
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
crab, brachyura
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
An arthropod. Many varieties. 螃蟹 (freshwater crab) is found in fresh water. Head and thorax shell is very broad. Becomes smaller toward the abdomen. Abdominal shell has horizontal stripes. Has five pairs of legs. The first pair are pincers. Those found in the sea are slightly larger than freshwater crabs. Commonly called 青蟹 (blue crab). Those with pointed shell ends on both sides are commonly called 梭子蟹 (shuttle crab).
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