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蟹 means 'crab'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 2189   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 29 words   Used in 72 words   Used in 111 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   かに crab
Additional readings
On    カイ
Components
解 untie  虫 insect  
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Most useful words by reading
蟹 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 蟹 is used 57 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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カイ : 2 words FIND ALL
か い こ う も ん じ 5
noun
cross-wise writing; alphabet usually written horizontally
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かに : 22 words FIND ALL
か に み そ 0
noun
1. brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area  (often written with kana only)
2. miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
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かに (read as がに) : 33 words FIND ALL
た か あ し が に 4
noun
giant spider crab
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Additional less common words include 蟹 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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蟹
かに crab   
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解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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角
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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⺈
corner
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
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