Radical
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Mandarin
xiè
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
13 strokes
Strokes
19 strokes
Mandarin
xiè

Definitions by reading

hoi6
Mandarin equivalent xiè
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng hoi6 Chaoyang hoi6 Chenghai hoi6 Jieyang hoi6 Raoping hoi6 Shantou hoi6
xiè
〔螃~〕节肢动物,水陆两栖。全身有甲壳,足有五对,前双足成钳状,称“螯”,横着爬。腹部分节,俗称“脐”,雄性脐呈长尖形,雌性脐呈椭圆形。简称“蟹”,如“河~”,“海~”,“~黄”,“~青”。
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English meaning

crab, brachyura

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
匣母 二等 開口 佳韵 上声 胡買切
Reconstruction:
Original

水蟲,仙方云投於漆中化爲水服之長生,以黑犬血灌之三日燒之諸鼠畢至,胡買切,七。