Unicode: U+87F9

Pinyin: xiè

Definition

* 〔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"

crab, brachyura

Structure

蟹 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E3B0

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC