毛蟹

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Chinese

hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar crab
trad. (毛蟹)
simp. #(毛蟹)
alternative forms 老蟹 (no-hái) S. Sixian Hakka

Pronunciation


Noun

毛蟹

  1. Chinese mitten crab
  2. (Taiwanese Hakka) crab (in general)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
かに > がに
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
 ケガニ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From () (ke, hair) + (かに) (kani, crab). The kani changes to gani as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がに) or 毛蟹(ケガニ) (kegani

  1. a horsehair crab