Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
shrimp, prawn, lobster
Kun:
えび
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2501 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蛙 【カエル】 frog, kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
  • 海老尾 【エビオ】 goldfish with a shrimp-like tail, head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

Kun reading compounds

  • 海老 【えび】 prawn, shrimp, lobster
  • 海老芋 【えびいも】 shrimp-shaped taro variety
  • 鉄砲蝦 【てっぽうえび】 snapping shrimp (Alpheus brevicristatus), pistol prawn
  • 猩猩蝦 【しょうじょうえび】 kangaroo shrimp (Glyphus marsupialis)

Readings

Japanese names:
えみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia1, ha2
Korean:
ha

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2313 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1773 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1279 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33299 Morohashi
5364 New Nelson (John Haig)
2689 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2728 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
5714.7 Four corner code
1-18-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8766 Unicode hex code

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Kun reading compounds

  • 蟇 【ひきがえる】 toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
  • 蟇目 【ひきめ】 large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia, harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ma2
Korean:
ma

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4065 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33543X Morohashi
5370 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k13.23 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
2-4-13 SKIP code
4413.6 Four corner code
1-74-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
87c7 Unicode hex code

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  • あん肝 【アンキモ】 monkfish liver, goosefish liver
  • 鮟鱇 【アンコ】 potbellied sumo wrestler, wrestler with a big belly, goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae), monkfish, sea devil

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an4
Korean:
an

Spanish

Portuguese

French

46108 Morohashi
6861 New Nelson (John Haig)
11a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-6 SKIP code
2334.4 Four corner code
1-82-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b9f Unicode hex code

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  • 鮟鱇 【アンコウ】 goosefish (any fish of family Lophiidae), monkfish, sea devil, curved gutter, fool
  • 蝦蟇鮟鱇 【ガマアンコウ】 toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

46468 Morohashi
6910 New Nelson (John Haig)
11a11.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-11 SKIP code
2033.2 Four corner code
1-82-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9c47 Unicode hex code