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

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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

蟹 (kani): a crab.

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kani.

Possibly a compound of 殻 (kara, “shell”) +‎ 丹 (ni, “red”).

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

• (Tokyo) かに [kàní] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɲ̟i]

蟹(かに) or 蟹(カニ) • (kani) 

1. a crab (infraorder Brachyura)

• 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.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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 used for names)

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 used for names)

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

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

蟹: Hán Nôm readings: giải

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(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

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

蟹(がん) (gan) 

1. crab