xiā
𫚥

archaic
variant
literary

Meaning of 𫚥

𫚥 means shrimp; prawn (archaic literary variant of 虾). Pronounced xiā.

  • shrimp; prawn (archaic literary variant of 虾)

Definitions & Examples

 
Shuō
wén
jiě
 
zài
 
xiā
 
míng
 

The Shuowen Jiezi records: xiā is the name of a fish.

dài
wén
xiàn
zhōng
cháng
xiā
zhǐ
dài
xiǎo
xíng
shuǐ
shēng
jiǎ
qiào
lèi
 

Ancient texts often used xiā to refer to small aquatic crustaceans.

běn
hàn
zhōng
réng
bǎo
liú
xiā
 
yīng
xiā
 

The character xiā is still retained in Japanese Kanji, as in sakura shrimp (cherry shrimp).

Relations

Measure Words

/ zhī
Primary
/ wěi
/ duì