Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2417 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: crab

Kunyomi: かに

Onyomi: カイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

行文字 カイコウモンジ cross-wise writing, alphabet usually written horizontally

Kunyomi Examples

かに crab

カニ歩き カニあるき walking like a crab

月夜の つきよのかに crab with little meat, crab of a moonlit night, something with no meat to it, something unsubstantial

渡り わたりがに swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), Japanese blue crab