Read Edit View history 蟹 xiè crab Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 解 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蠏. Pinyin Separate values with commas xiè × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蟹 Simp strokes 蟹 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蟹 Simp strokes 蟹 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蟹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 333, 851 ], [ 350, 808 ], [ 227, 677 ] ], [ [ 337, 752 ], [ 429, 772 ], [ 455, 754 ], [ 374, 660 ] ], [ [ 196, 644 ], [ 227, 618 ], [ 230, 532 ], [ 212, 425 ], [ 163, 328 ] ], [ [ 255, 631 ], [ 455, 659 ], [ 486, 641 ], [ 477, 404 ], [ 396, 434 ] ], [ [ 283, 540 ], [ 428, 560 ] ], [ [ 284, 467 ], [ 433, 490 ] ], [ [ 330, 615 ], [ 356, 585 ], [ 348, 369 ] ], [ [ 544, 744 ], [ 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247 -27 278 -53 Q 288 -57 303 -51 Q 367 -21 531 12 Q 657 39 687 51 C 715 61 701 77 671 73 Z", "M 687 51 Q 714 12 745 -36 Q 755 -57 769 -63 Q 776 -66 785 -58 Q 798 -48 794 -7 Q 791 41 665 117 Q 658 124 654 113 Q 651 104 671 73 L 687 51 Z" ] } 19 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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