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HSK
Cancer (star sign)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟹* | 蟹* | *蟹
crab
river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐, which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蟹* | 蟹* | *蟹
variant of
clams and crabs / tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab
crab / CL: 隻|只
hermit crab
Hele crab
crab of family Sesarmidae
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
fiddler crab (genus Uca)
crab of the family Potamidae of freshwater crabs
helpless lonely person
mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)


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