蛑

蛑 · móu

a marine crab

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
móu
Cantonese
mau4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a marine crab

Dictionary definitions & readings

蛑 móu · marine crab

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42852.130:máo Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0804.120:móu Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
257.210:móu Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
móu粵mau4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ボウ ム モウ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
莫浮 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIIHQ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5315.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1081.130 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
212.03 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+86D1
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7355

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
蛑
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mjuw · 莫浮 · 流開三平尤明 · #1016

PHONO-ML, source line 8093; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1189.110
kDaeJaweon
1549.130
kHanYu
42852.130
kIRGDaeJaweon
1549.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42852.130
kIRGKangXi
1081.130
kKangXi
1081.130
kMatthews
4569
kMorohashi
32986
kSBGY
212.03
kSMSZD2003Index
611.15
kCangjie
LIIHQ
kFourCornerCode
5315.0
kMojiJoho
MJ023417
kPhonetic
885
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G0-7256
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DBBF
kIRG_JSource
J14-774A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7173
kIRG_KSource
K2-5B6D
kIRG_TSource
T2-4025
kRSUnicode
142.6
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
DBBF
kCCCII
23297A
kCNS1986
2-4025
kCNS1992
2-4025
kEACC
23297A
kGB0
8254
kGB1
8254
kJIS0213
2,87,42
kJis1
5867
kMainlandTelegraph
5750
kTGH
2013:7355
kTaiwanTelegraph
5750
kXerox
313:315
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18587+142.6.6
kCantonese
mau4
kDefinition
a marine crab
kFanqie
莫浮
kHanyuPinyin
42852.130:máo
kJapanese
ボウ ム モウ
kJapaneseOn
BOU MU MOU
kMandarin
móu
kSMSZD2003Readings
móu粵mau4
kTGHZ2013
257.210:móu
kXHC1983
0804.120:móu

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 蛑0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 牟 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫牟$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫牟$(GHTJKP)

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