Word Meaning 干海老

ほしえび hoshiebi

干海老 is read as ほしえび (hoshiebi) and means dried shrimp.

Meaning

English

dried shrimp

Reading

Kana

ほしえび

Romaji

hoshiebi

Writing Variants

乾蝦ほしえび hoshiebi
干し海老 ほしえび hoshiebi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 147300 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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海老

えび

prawn

手長海老

てながえび

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

大正海老

たいしょうえび

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)

北国赤海老

ほっこくあかえび

northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis)

大海老

おおえび

lobster

伊勢海老

いせえび

spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)

北海海老

ほっかいえび

Hokkai shrimp (Pandalus latirostris)

車海老

くるまえび

kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus)

大歯団扇海老

おおばうちわえび

smooth fan lobster (Ibacus novemdentatus)

桜海老

さくらえび

sakura shrimp (Lucensosergia lucens)

横海老

よこえび

gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

高麗海老

こうらいえび

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis)