螯 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
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- On
- ゴウ
- Kun
- はさみ
- Meaning
- a pincer claw
Origin
Insect 虫 with 敖 as phonetic: the pincer of a crab or shrimp.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 螯はさみ
a pincer
- 蟹かに
a crab
Example
蟹が螯を振り上げる。
The crab raises its pincers.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)