虾 (xiā) — Chinese Character

虾

xiā

shrimp; prawn; (há) used in 虾蟆 (variant of 蛤蟆, toad)

Radical: 虫 HSK 7 n pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

虾 decomposes into the following components:

虫下

Semantic component: 虫; phonetic component: 下.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 虾.

大虾

dà xiā

对虾

duì xiā

prawn

小虾

xiǎo xiā

扇虾

shàn xiā

明虾

míng xiā

prawn

爬虾

pá xiā

磷虾

lín xiā

虾仁

xiā rén

shrimp

虾夷

xiā yí

虾子

xiā zǐ

shrimp roe

虾干

xiā gān

dried shrimps

虾油

xiā yóu

prawn sauce

Characters that share the radical 虫.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.