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蝦

shrimp
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingカ、ゲ
Kun readingえび
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. shrimpRtK
  2. prawn
  3. lobster
  1. emishi
  2. ezo
  3. non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
  4. yezo
  5. hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands

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Compound words

蝦夷えみし
Emishi; Ezo; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo; Hokkaido, Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
蝦蛄しゃこ
mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
蝦蟇ひきがえる
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
蝦蟆ひきがえる
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
車蝦くるまえび
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)
醤蝦あみ
opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.)
竜蝦いせえび
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
伊勢蝦いせえび
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
沖醤蝦おきアミ
krill
蝦夷茜えぞあかね
yellow-winged darter (Sympetrum flaveolum)
蝦夷榎えぞえのき
Japanese hackberry (Celtis jessoensis)
蝦夷松えぞまつ
Yezo spruce (Picea jezoensis)
蝦夷羆えぞひぐま
Hokkaido brown bear (Ursus arctos yesoensis)
蝦夷菫えぞすみれ
Viola eizanensis (flower in the violet family)
蝦夷蟬えぞぜみ
Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)
蝦虎魚ハゼ
goby (fish)
蝦蟇口がまぐち
(coin) purse with a metal clasp
青竜蝦しゃこ
mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
蝦夷黄菅えぞきすげ
lemon day-lily (Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus, formerly Hemerocallis flava)
蝦夷黒貂えぞくろてん
Japanese sable (subspecies of sable native to Hokkaido, Martes zibellina brachyura)
蝦夷鳴兎えぞなきうさぎ
Ochotona hyperborea yesoensis (subspecies of northern pika)
蝦蟇鮟鱇がまあんこう
toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)
蝦蛄葉仙人掌シャコバサボテン
Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata)
蝦蛄葉サボテンシャコバサボテン
Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata)

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蝦

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