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蝦 = 虫 + 叚

蝦 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “shrimp”. It is built from 虫 (insects) and 叚 (false).

Keyword
shrimp
Pinyin (Mandarin)
xiā
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
shrimp, prawn, креветки, prawn
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
蝦 shrimp

Decomposition

ids

  1. 虫 insects
  2. 叚 false

How to find 蝦 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “insects” + “false”. 蝦 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 蝦 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.