蝤 (yóu) · (in 蝤蛑) a swimming crab

Meanings

HSK 7-9

渔民卖早上捕的蝤蛑。

Yúmín mài zǎoshang bǔ de yóumóu.

The fishermen sold the swimming crabs they had caught that morning.

usage

Read 蝤 only in 蝤蛑, an old name for an edible swimming crab. Distinct from the 蝤 reading in 蝤蛴 (a beetle larva).

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm

Left side is the insect radical 虫, marking a small-creature word - here a beetle grub.

phonetic

酋 qiú

chief; sound element

Right side 酋 supplies the sound qiú for this reading.

蝤 yóu