蛯 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
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- On
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- Kun
- えび・うばebi · uba
- Meaning
- a shrimp (a character coined in Japan)
Stroke order
Origin
Coined in Japan from 虫 and 老, old: the bent back suggests an old person, hence the shrimp.
Compounds
- 蛯えび
a shrimp
- 海老えび
the usual writing
Example
蛯を焼いて膳に添える。
They grill the shrimp and set it on the tray.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadical
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)