虾 xiā shrimp; prawn
Made up of [虫 chóng insect; worm radical 142, 下 xià down; below ]Alternative traditional form of character: 蝦
Made with 9 strokes.
The insect is the classifier on the left while 'xia' gives the phonetic and also can the thought of insect below - underwater
Related characters
Also uses 虫 chóng component: 独 dú (alone) 蛇 shé (snake) ; 虽 suī (although)
Different tone
夏 xià (summer) ; 下 xià (down)Pronunciation
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