Read Edit View history 蠏 xiè crab Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Seal Shuowen ~100 AD ▼ More ▲ Less 說文解字 有二敖八足,㫄行,非蛇鮮之穴無所庇。从虫解聲。 Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical images Academia Sinica Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)