蟹

蟹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓手中一戈 (NQLMI), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱解虫)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 49
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33668
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2898, character 2
• Unihan data for U+87F9

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 蟹 (Classical)
• 蟹 (Cantonese)
• 蟹 (Written Standard Chinese^?)

Historical forms of the character 蟹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːʔ) : phonetic 解 (OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs) + semantic 虫. Originally written as 蠏.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d-k(j)aːj (“crab”). Compare S'gaw Karen ဆွဲၣ် (hsweh̀).

“to decrease in value’

From 蟹貨／蟹货. See there for more.

蟹

1. crab (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

   • 大蟹在海中。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Mountains and Seas

     Dàxiè zài hǎizhōng.

     A great crab is in the middle of the sea.

   • 蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴，無可寄託者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蟹六跪而二螯，非蛇蟺之穴，无可寄托者，用心躁也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Xiè liù guì ér èr áo, fēi shéshàn zhī xué, wúkě jìtuō zhě, yòngxīn zào yě.

     The crab has six legs and two pincers; yet without the snake's or the eel's hole, it cannot have a shelter; for its mind is restless.

2. (Cantonese, slang, of stocks, goods, etc.) to decrease in value, such that selling it will result in loss

• “蟹”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kun: かに (kani, 蟹)

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蟹

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From Old Japanese; attested in the Kojiki of 712;^[1][2] in turn, reconstructed from Proto-Japonic *kani. Further etymology unknown, although some sources claim that the final syllable ni is related to 丹 (ni, “red clay”).^[1]

Many dialects also have a initial voiced consonant in the first syllable.^[1]

• (Tokyo) かに (Heiban – )^[1][3][4]
• IPA^(key):

• (Kyoto) かに  (Kōki – )^[1]

蟹(かに) or 蟹(カニ) • (kani) 

1. a crab (infraorder Brachyura)
2. the act of walking stretched and sideways, like a crab
3. the act of a prostitute who secretly meets with her lover
4. (slang, criminal, stall keeper) scissors
5. (colloquial) a handjob (stimulating the penis using a hand); a pussy (vulva); a prostitute
6. Synonym of 蟹糞 (kanikuso, “meconium”)
7. a swell of an infant with water and pus

   Synonym: 水瘡 (mizugasa)

8. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) containing crabs, a front-facing crab in a circle, and square crabs
9. a head in 人形浄瑠璃 (ningyōjōruri) whose face is stretched out like a crab; two is used for honest men and another for minor characters
10. a style used in 生け花 (ikebana) whose metallic part looks like a crab
11. a term used to mock Western women who are bow-legged

• As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カニ.

Variant of 蟹 (kani). This reading is also used in some Japanese dialects.

蟹(がね) • (gane) 

1. (obsolete in standard Japanese) Synonym of 蟹 (kani, “crab”)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

蟹(がにー) (ganī) 

1. crab

蟹 (eumhun 게 해 (ge hae))

1. crab

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

蟹(かん) (kan) 

1. crab

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹(かに) (kani). Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

蟹(がに) (gani) 

1. crab

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”); compare Jeju 깅이 (ging'i, “crab”).

蟹(がに) (gani) 

1. crab

蟹: Hán Nôm readings: giải

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Cognate with Japanese 蟹 (kani, “crab”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 게 (ge, “crab”);

蟹(がん) (gan) 

1. crab