{"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<p style=\"font-size:23px\">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 &#8220;insect&#8221; or &#8220;bug,&#8221; and the radical \u89d2 (\u304b\u3069), which means &#8220;angle&#8221; or &#8220;corner&#8221;, the radical \u5200 (\u3068\u3046), which means sword, and the radical \u725b (<em>\u3046\u3057<\/em>), which means cow. Together, these four parts form the character \u87f9 (\u304b\u306b), which means &#8220;crab.&#8221; 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 &#8220;crab factory.&#8221; 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-extra-large-font-size\">Ten simple examples of the word crab in Japanese:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u87f9\u3092\u98df\u3079\u308b (\u304b\u306b\u3092\u305f\u3079\u308b) &#8211; This means &#8220;to eat crab&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u306e\u5375 (\u304b\u306b\u306e\u305f\u307e\u3054) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab eggs&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u8089 (\u304b\u306b\u306b\u304f) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab meat&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u306e\u5c71 (\u304b\u306b\u306e\u3084\u307e) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab pile&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u5de5\u5834 (\u304b\u306b\u3053\u3046\u3058\u3087\u3046) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab factory&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u6c41 (\u304b\u306b\u3058\u308b) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab soup&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u8db3 (\u304b\u306b\u3042\u3057) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab legs&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u716e (\u304b\u306b\u306b) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab stew&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u7092\u3081 (\u304b\u306b\u3044\u305f\u3081) &#8211; This means &#8220;stir-fried crab&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u87f9\u5c4b (\u304b\u306b\u3084) &#8211; This means &#8220;crab shop&#8221; in Japanese.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Any others? Leave a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8220;insect&#8221; or &#8220;bug,&#8221; and the radical \u89d2 (\u304b\u3069), which means &#8220;angle&#8221; or &#8220;corner&#8221;, the radical \u5200 (\u3068\u3046), which means sword, and the radical \u725b (\u3046\u3057), which means cow. 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