{"id":42,"date":"2022-12-13T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/?p=42"},"modified":"2024-07-04T18:31:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:31:36","slug":"the-japanese-kanji-for-crab-%e8%9f%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joyokanjikai.com\/learning-japanese\/the-japanese-kanji-for-crab-%e8%9f%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"The Japanese Kanji for Crab (\u87f9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The kanji \u87f9 (\u304b\u306b(kani))is a logographic character that is used in the Japanese writing system. It is composed of four parts: the radical \u866b (\u304f\u3082), which means “insect” or “bug,” and the radical \u89d2 (\u304b\u3069), which means “angle” or “corner”, the radical \u5200 (\u3068\u3046), which means sword, and the radical \u725b (\u3046\u3057<\/em>), which means cow. Together, these four parts form the character \u87f9 (\u304b\u306b), which means “crab.” In Japanese, the character is often used in words related to crab, such as \u87f9\u5de5\u5834 (\u304b\u306b\u3053\u3046\u3058\u3087\u3046), which means “crab factory.” The kanji \u87f9 is also used to write the names of certain crab species, such as the Japanese spider crab (\u87f9\u30af\u30e2\u30b6\u30eb, \u304b\u306b\u30af\u30e2\u30b6\u30eb).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten simple examples of the word crab in Japanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. \u87f9\u3092\u98df\u3079\u308b (\u304b\u306b\u3092\u305f\u3079\u308b) – This means “to eat crab” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. \u87f9\u306e\u5375 (\u304b\u306b\u306e\u305f\u307e\u3054) – This means “crab eggs” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. \u87f9\u8089 (\u304b\u306b\u306b\u304f) – This means “crab meat” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. \u87f9\u306e\u5c71 (\u304b\u306b\u306e\u3084\u307e) – This means “crab pile” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. \u87f9\u5de5\u5834 (\u304b\u306b\u3053\u3046\u3058\u3087\u3046) – This means “crab factory” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. \u87f9\u6c41 (\u304b\u306b\u3058\u308b) – This means “crab soup” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. \u87f9\u8db3 (\u304b\u306b\u3042\u3057) – This means “crab legs” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. \u87f9\u716e (\u304b\u306b\u306b) – This means “crab stew” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. \u87f9\u7092\u3081 (\u304b\u306b\u3044\u305f\u3081) – This means “stir-fried crab” in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. \u87f9\u5c4b (\u304b\u306b\u3084) – This means “crab shop” in Japanese.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    The kanji \u87f9 (\u304b\u306b(kani))is a logographic character that is used in the Japanese writing system. It is composed of four parts: the radical \u866b (\u304f\u3082), which means “insect” or “bug,” and the radical \u89d2 (\u304b\u3069), which means “angle” or “corner”, the radical \u5200 (\u3068\u3046), which means sword, and the radical \u725b (\u3046\u3057), which means cow. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[13,15],"class_list":["post-42","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kanji","tag-crab","tag-intermediate"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t