Kanji Detail for 鱟 - "horseshoe crab"

鱟

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鱟 means "horseshoe crab."
1. Horseshoe crab - An arthropod of the family Limulidae with a shell-covered back and sharp tail.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

king crab

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

horseshoe crab

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

horseshoe crab

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

A type of shellfish. Shaped like a crab. Blue-black color. Shell is round and flat like a helmet. In ancient times also called 兜蟹 (helmet crab). Has twelve feet arranged on either side of the mouth. Thin and long tail with an especially sharp tip, sword-shaped. Common in the Fujian Sea.
Onyomi

gu(ぐ)

koh(こう)

oku(おく)

yoku(よく)
Kunyomi

kabutogani
Strokes

24 strokes
Radical

魚 (uo・uohen・sakanahen)
Related Keywords
horseshoe crab arthropod family limulidae shell covered sharp tail