蝦

See also: 虾
蝦 U+8766, 蝦
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8766
← 蝥
[U+8765]
CJK Unified Ideographs 蝧 →
[U+8767]

Translingual

Han character

蝦 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口卜水 (LIRYE), four-corner 57147, composition ⿰虫叚)

Derived characters

  • 𫬗

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1090, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33299
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1556, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2874, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+8766

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蝦
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qʰraː, *ɡraː) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 叚 (OC *kraːʔ).

Etymology 1

trad. 蝦
simp. 虾
alternative forms 鰕/𫚥
𧎂

Related to 赮 (OC *ɡraː, “red”), 霞 (OC *ɡraː, “rosy clouds”), 瑕 (OC *ɡraː, “jade with some red”) (Wang, 1982).

“fan of Xiao Zhan”
Short for 小肥蝦/小肥虾, a pun on 小飛俠/小飞侠 (“nickname for fans of Xiao Zhan”). Popularized after Xiao Zhan gave a signature with“To:小🦐 为你而来” to his fans.

Pronunciation


Note:
  • ha4 - used in compounds;
  • ha4* - used alone.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 蝦 (魚蝦)
Mandarin Beijing /ɕia⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕia⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕiɑ²¹/
Jinan /ɕia²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕia²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕia²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕia²¹/
Xining /ɕia⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕia⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕia³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕia⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕia⁵⁵/
Chengdu /xa⁵⁵/
/ɕia⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕia⁵⁵/
/xa⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕia̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ɕiɑ³¹/
Hefei /ɕia²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕia¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiɑ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕia³¹/
Wu Shanghai /hø⁵³/
/ho⁵³/
Suzhou /ho⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕiɑ³³/
Wenzhou /ho³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕia³¹/
/xa³¹/
Tunxi /xɔn²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ɕia³³/
/xa³³/
Xiangtan /hɒ³³/
Gan Nanchang /hɑ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /ha¹¹/
Taoyuan /hɑ¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /ha⁵⁵/
Nanning /ha⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /ha⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ha³⁵/
/he³⁵/ 匣母
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ha⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xa³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /he⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /hɛ³¹/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蝦
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xiā
Middle
Chinese
‹ hæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁra/
English shrimp

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝦
Reading # 1/2
No. 5962
Phonetic
component
叚
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʰraː/
Notes 見楚辭九懷

Definitions

蝦

  1. shrimp; prawn; lobster (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn; 尾 m mn)
    毛蝦/毛虾  ―  máoxiā  ―  shrimp
    明蝦/明虾  ―  míngxiā  ―  prawn
    龍蝦/龙虾  ―  lóngxiā  ―  lobster
    蝦片/虾片  ―  xiāpiàn  ―  prawn crackers
  2. to bend; to curve; to flex
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (slang) fan of Xiao Zhan
Synonyms
  • (shrimp):

Compounds

  • 丹蝦/丹虾
  • 人樣蝦胊/人样虾胊
  • 人樣蝦蛆/人样虾蛆
  • 人蝦/人虾
  • 天蝦/天虾
  • 將蝦釣鱉/将虾钓鳖
  • 對蝦/对虾 (duìxiā)
  • 斑節蝦/斑节虾
  • 明蝦/明虾 (míngxiā)
  • 毛蝦/毛虾 (máoxiā)
  • 水母目蝦/水母目虾 (shuǐmǔ mù xiā)
  • 河蝦/河虾
  • 沼蝦/沼虾
  • 海蝦/海虾
  • 滷蝦/卤虾
  • 滷蝦油/卤虾油
  • 炒蝦拆蟹/炒虾拆蟹
  • 磷蝦/磷虾 (línxiā)
  • 米蝦/米虾
  • 粧蝦/妆虾
  • 糠蝦/糠虾 (kāngxiā)
  • 紅蝦/红虾
  • 線蝦/线虾
  • 胎蝦/胎虾
  • 腹蟹目蝦/腹蟹目虾
  • 草蝦/草虾 (cǎoxiā)
  • 蛙蝦/蛙虾
  • 蝦仁/虾仁 (xiārén)
  • 蝦公/虾公
  • 蝦兵/虾兵
  • 蝦兵蟹將/虾兵蟹将 (xiābīngxièjiàng)
  • 蝦助/虾助
  • 蝦夷/虾夷 (xiāyí)
  • 蝦女/虾女
  • 蝦姑/虾姑
  • 蝦子/虾子
  • 蝦弓子/虾弓子
  • 蝦斗
  • 蝦條/虾条 (xiātiáo)
  • 蝦槎/虾槎
  • 蝦猴/虾猴 (hê-kâu) (Min Nan)
  • 蝦王/虾王
  • 蝦生/虾生
  • 蝦皮/虾皮 (xiāpí)
  • 蝦目/虾目
  • 蝦眼/虾眼
  • 蝦米/虾米
  • 蝦胊/虾胊
  • 蝦腰/虾腰
  • 蝦臛/虾臛
  • 蝦芭/虾芭
  • 蝦荒蟹亂/虾荒蟹乱
  • 蝦菜/虾菜
  • 蝦蕈/虾蕈
  • 蝦虎/虾虎 (xiāhǔ)
  • 蝦虹/虾虹
  • 蝦蛇/虾蛇
  • 蝦蚾/虾蚾
  • 蝦蛄/虾蛄 (xiāgū)
  • 蝦蛤/虾蛤
  • 蝦蛦/虾蛦
  • 蝦蝚丹樹/虾蝚丹树
  • 蝦蟹眼/虾蟹眼
  • 蝦酣/虾酣
  • 蝦醬/虾酱 (xiājiàng)
  • 蝦霸/虾霸
  • 蝦青瓷/虾青瓷
  • 蝦須/虾须
  • 蝦頭杯/虾头杯
  • 蝦頭盃/虾头杯
  • 蝦餃/虾饺 (xiājiǎo)
  • 蝦鬚/虾须
  • 蝦鬚簾/虾须帘
  • 蝦鬚鐲/虾须镯
  • 蝦鬣/虾鬣
  • 蝦鬼/虾鬼
  • 蝦魁/虾魁
  • 蝦魚/虾鱼
  • 蝦鲊
  • 蟲蝦/虫虾
  • 謝豹蝦/谢豹虾
  • 軟腳蝦/软脚虾
  • 醉蝦/醉虾 (zuìxiā)
  • 醬蝦/酱虾
  • 釣蝦場/钓虾场
  • 長臂蝦/长臂虾
  • 青蝦/青虾
  • 魚蝦/鱼虾 (yúxiā)
  • 魚蝦蟹/鱼虾蟹
  • 鰍蝦/鳅虾
  • 鰝蝦/𱈋虾
  • 鹵蝦/卤虾
  • 鹵蝦油/卤虾油
  • 龍蝦/龙虾 (lóngxiā)

Etymology 2

trad. 蝦
simp. 虾

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 蝦
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡加切
Baxter hae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦˠa/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦaɨ/
Li
Rong
/ɣa/
Wang
Li
/ɣa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ɣa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiá
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 蝦
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
há
Middle
Chinese
‹ hæ ›
Old
Chinese
/*[ɡ]ˁra/
English hae-mae frog

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蝦
Reading # 2/2
No. 5968
Phonetic
component
叚
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
遐
Old
Chinese
/*ɡraː/

Definitions

蝦

  1. Only used in 蝦蟆/虾蟆.

Compounds

Etymology 3

trad. 蝦
simp. 虾
alternative forms 哈
㗇
謑/𰵾
𫬗

Compare Zhuang ha (“to intimidate; to bully”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

蝦

  1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southwestern Mandarin, Zhongshan Min) to bully; to pick on
Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝦 – see 霞 (“the light and clouds at sunrise and sunset; mist; rosy clouds; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 霞).

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 蝦 – see 徦 (“to reach; to arrive; to come; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 徦).

References

Japanese

Kanji

蝦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. shrimp, prawn, lobster

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蝦
えび
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Kanji in this term
蝦
かえる
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蝦 – see the following entries.
【海老えび】
[noun] any long-tailed decapod crustacean or arthropod:
[noun] a crayfish
[noun] a lobster
[noun] a prawn
[noun] a shrimp
[noun] Short for 海老錠 (ebijō): a padlock
[noun] a type of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with an ebi motif
[proper noun] a place name
[proper noun] a surname
Alternative spellings
鰕, 魵, エビ
【蛙かえる】H
[noun] a frog (amphibious animal)
Alternative spelling
カエル
(This term, 蝦, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean

Hanja

蝦 • (ha) (hangeul 하, McCune–Reischauer ha, Yale ha)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蝦: Hán Nôm readings: hà

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