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Translingual
Han character
蟹 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫 +13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 弓手中一戈 (NQLMI ), four-corner 27136 , composition ⿱解 虫 )
References
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
Chinese
trad.
蟹
simp. #
蟹
alternative forms
蠏 䲒 𩼠 蚧 informal (especially Cantonese)
Wikipedia has articles on:
蟹 (Classical) 蟹 (Cantonese) 蟹 (Written Standard Chinese? )
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
薢
*kreː, *kreːʔ, *kreːs
解
*kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs
檞
*kreːʔ
懈
*kreːs
繲
*kreːs
廨
*kreːs
蟹
*ɡreːʔ
獬
*ɡreːʔ
澥
*ɡreːʔ
嶰
*ɡreːʔ
邂
*ɡreːs
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *ɡreːʔ ) : phonetic 解 ( OC *kreːʔ, *kreːs, *ɡreːʔ, *ɡreːs) + semantic 虫 . Originally written as 蠏 .
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : xiè , xiě (xie4 , xie3 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄒㄧㄝˋ, ㄒㄧㄝˇ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : hai3 / xiai4
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : haai5
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : hai2
Gan (Wiktionary ) : hai3
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : hái
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : hai3
Jin (Wiktionary ) : xie3
Northern Min (KCR ) : hāi
Eastern Min (BUC ) : hâ
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : hōe / hǒe / hē / hāi / hǎi
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : hoi6
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 5 ha
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : hai3
Note :
hai3 - vernacular;
xiai4 - literary.
Cantonese
Gan
Hakka
Jin
Northern Min
Eastern Min
Southern Min
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Taipei , Kinmen , Magong , Hsinchu )
(Hokkien : Quanzhou , Lukang )
(Hokkien : Zhangzhou , Kaohsiung , Tainan , Yilan , Taichung )
(Hokkien : Xiamen , Zhangzhou , General Taiwanese )
(Hokkien : Quanzhou )
Note :
hōe/hǒe/hē - vernacular;
hāi/hǎi - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
蟹
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
xiè
Middle Chinese
‹ hɛX ›
Old Chinese
/*m-kˁreʔ/
English
crab
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
蟹
Reading #
1/1
No.
6482
Phonetic component
解
Rime group
支
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
蟹
Old Chinese
/*ɡreːʔ/
Notes
說 文 蟲 在 左
Definitions
蟹
crab (Classifier : 隻 / 只 c )
( Cantonese , slang , of stocks, goods, etc.) to decrease in value, such that selling it will result in loss
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
螃蟹 (“crab”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
螃蟹 , 蟹
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
螃蟹
Taiwan
螃蟹
Harbin
蟹子
Shenyang
螃蟹
Malaysia
螃蟹
Singapore
螃蟹
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
螃蟹
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
螃蟹 , 肥蟹
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
螃蟹
Wanrong
螃蟹
Xi'an
螃蟹
Xining
螃蟹
Xuzhou
螃蟹
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
螃蟹
Lanzhou
螃蟹
Ürümqi
螃蟹
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
螃蟹
Wuhan
螃蟹 , 蟹子
Guiyang
螃蟹
Kunming
螃蟹
Guilin
螃蟹
Liuzhou
螃蟹
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
螃蟹
Yangzhou
螃蟹
Hefei
爬蟹
Chuzhou
螃蟹
Huanggang
蟹子
Cantonese
Guangzhou
蟹 , 打橫
Hong Kong
蟹
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
蟹
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
蟹
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
蟹
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
蟹
Macau
蟹
Guangzhou (Panyu)
蟹
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
蟹
Guangzhou (Conghua)
蟹
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
蟹
Foshan
蟹
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
蟹
Foshan (Shunde)
蟹
Foshan (Sanshui)
蟹
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
蟹
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
蟹
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
蟹
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
蟹
Zhuhai (Doumen)
蟹
Jiangmen (Baisha)
蟹
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
蟹
Taishan
蟹
Kaiping (Chikan)
蟹
Enping (Niujiang)
蟹
Heshan (Yayao)
蟹
Dongguan
蟹
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
蟹
Shaoguan
蟹
Yangjiang
蟹
Xinyi
螃鉗
Lianjiang
蟹
Nanning
螃蟹 large , 螃鉗 small
Wuzhou
螃蟹
Yulin
螃鉗
Hepu (Lianzhou)
螃蟹
Beihai
蟹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
螃蟹
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
蟹 , 青蟹
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
螃蟹
Danzhou
蟹
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
蟹
Singapore (Guangfu)
蟹
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
蟹
Móng Cái
蟹
Gan
Nanchang
螃蟹
Lichuan
螃蟹
Pingxiang
爬拐 , 螃蟹
Hakka
Meixian
老蟹
Xingning
老蟹
Dabu (Xihe)
老蟹
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
蟹
Dongguan (Qingxi)
老蟹
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
老蟹
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
蟹
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
老蟹
Wuhua (Huacheng)
老蟹
Wuhua (Changbu)
老蟹
Wuhua (Mianyang)
老蟹
Heyuan (Bendihua)
老蟹
Wengyuan
老蟹
Jiexi
老蟹
Luhe
老蟹
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
老蟹
Changting
螃蟹
Wuping
蟹子
Wuping (Yanqian)
蟹子
Liancheng
螃蟹
Ninghua
螃蟹
Yudu
壙蟹
Ningdu
壙蟹 , 螃蟹
Ruijin
壙蟹
Shicheng
壙蟹
Shangyou (Shexi)
老蟹
Tonggu (Sandu)
老蟹
Ganzhou (Panlong)
老蟹
Dayu
老蟹
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
毛蟹
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
老蟹
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
毛蟹
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
老蟹
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
老蟹 , 毛蟹
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
老蟹
Hong Kong
老蟹 , 蟹
Yangxi (Tangkou)
蟹
Yangchun (Sanjia)
老蟹
Xinyi (Qianpai)
老蟹
Gaozhou (Xindong)
老蟹
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
老蟹
Huazhou (Xin'an)
老蟹
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
老蟹
Lianjiang (Qingping)
老蟹
Mengshan (Xihe)
螃蟹
Luchuan
老蟹
Luchuan (Daqiao)
老蟹
Bobai (Shahe)
老蟹
Sabah (Longchuan)
老蟹
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
老蟹
Senai (Huiyang)
老蟹
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
老蟹
Singkawang
老蟹
Huizhou
Jixi
蟹蟹
Jin
Taiyuan
螃蟹
Xinzhou
螃蟹
Hohhot
螃蟹
Northern Min
Jian'ou
螃蟹
Songxi
蟹
Zhenghe
蟹
Jianyang
蟹仔
Wuyishan
蟹仔
Pucheng (Shibei)
蟹仔
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
螃蟹
Fuzhou (Changle)
鰻蟹
Yongtai
老蟹
Southern Min
Xiamen
蟳仔 , 蟳
Xiamen (Tong'an)
蟳
Quanzhou
蟳仔 , 蟳
Jinjiang
蟳
Zhangzhou
蟳仔 , 蟳
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
蟳
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
蟳
Kaohsiung
蟳仔
Yilan
蟳仔
Changhua (Lukang)
蟳仔
Taichung
蟳仔
Taichung (Wuqi)
蟳仔
Tainan
蟳
Taitung
蟳
Hsinchu
蟳仔
Penghu (Magong)
蠘仔
Penang (Hokkien)
蟳
Singapore (Hokkien)
蟳 , 蟳仔
Manila (Hokkien)
蟳
Longyan
肉蟹
Pingnan (Shangdu)
螃蟹
Chaozhou
蟹
Shantou
蟹 , 田蟹
Jieyang
蟹
Haifeng
蟹
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
蟹
Singapore (Teochew)
蟹
Leizhou
蟹
Wenchang
蟹
Haikou
蟹
Singapore (Hainanese)
蟹
Central Min
Yong'an
蟹
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
蟹
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
螃蟹
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
螃蟹
Shehua
Fu'an
蟹仔
Fuding
蟹
Luoyuan
老蟹
Sanming
老蟹
Shunchang
老蟹
Hua'an
老蟹
Guixi (Zhangping)
老蟹
Cangnan
老蟹
Jingning (Hexi)
老蟹
Lishui
老蟹
Longyou
老蟹
Chaozhou
老蟹
Fengshun
老蟹
Wu
Shanghai
蟹
Shanghai (Chongming)
蟹 , 老毛蟹
Suzhou
蟹
Wuxi
蟹
Danyang
螃蟹 , 蟹
Hangzhou
湖蟹
Ningbo
蟹
Wenzhou
蟹 , 十隻腳
Jinhua
蟹
Xiang
Changsha
螃蟹
Loudi
螃蟹
Shuangfeng
螃蟹 , 螃解子
Quanzhou
螃蟹
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Readings
Etymology 1
蟹 ( kani, gane ) : a crab .
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]
Pronunciation
Historical evolution of the Kyoto pitch accent
※ H for high and flat syllables (◌́), L for low and flat syllables (◌̀), F for high-to-low syllables (◌̂), R for low-to-high syllables (◌̌).
※ References:
[ 1]
Noun
蟹( かに ) or 蟹( カニ ) • (kani )
a crab (infraorder Brachyura )
the act of walking stretched and sideways , like a crab
the act of a prostitute who secretly meets with her lover
( slang , criminal, stall keeper) scissors
( colloquial ) a handjob (stimulating the penis using a hand ); a pussy (vulva ); a prostitute
Synonym of 蟹糞 ( kanikuso , “ meconium ” )
a swell of an infant with water and pus
Synonym: 水瘡 ( mizugasa )
a 家紋 ( kamon , “ family crest ” ) containing crabs, a front -facing crab in a circle , and square crabs
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
a style used in 生け花 ( ikebana ) whose metallic part looks like a crab
a term used to mock Western women who are bow-legged
Usage notes
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 .
Etymology 2
Variant of 蟹 ( kani ) . This reading is also used in some Japanese dialects.
Noun
蟹( がね ) • (gane )
( obsolete in standard Japanese) Synonym of 蟹 ( kani , “ crab ” )
References
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 “かに 【蟹】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2000-2002, released online 2007 , →ISBN , concise edition entry available here
^ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967 ) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Sanseidō , →ISBN , page 204
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute , editor (1998 ), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Tokyo : NHK Publishing, Inc. , →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Kikai
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟹 ( kani , “ crab ” ) .
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 ( ge , “ crab ” ) ; compare Jeju 깅이 ( ging'i , “ crab ” ) .
Noun
蟹( がにー ) (ganī )
crab
Korean
Hanja
蟹 (eumhun 게 해 ( ge hae ) )
crab
Miyako
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟹 ( kani , “ crab ” ) .
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 ( ge , “ crab ” ) ; compare Jeju 깅이 ( ging'i , “ crab ” ) .
Noun
蟹( かん ) (kan )
crab
Okinawan
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟹( かに ) ( kani ) . Possibly cognate with Korean 게 ( ge , “ crab ” ) ; compare Jeju 깅이 ( ging'i , “ crab ” ) .
Noun
蟹( がに ) (gani )
crab
Okinoerabu
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟹 ( kani , “ crab ” ) .
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 ( ge , “ crab ” ) ; compare Jeju 깅이 ( ging'i , “ crab ” ) .
Noun
蟹( がに ) (gani )
crab
Vietnamese
Han character
蟹 : Hán Nôm readings: giải
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Yoron
Kanji
蟹
(Jinmeiyō kanji )
Etymology
Cognate with Japanese 蟹 ( kani , “ crab ” ) .
Possibly cognate with Korean 게 ( ge , “ crab ” ) ;
Noun
蟹( がん ) (gan )
crab