蜆

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See also: 蚬
蜆 U+8706, 蜆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8706
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蜇 →

Translingual

Han character

蜆 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月山山 (LIBUU), four-corner 56110, composition ⿰虫見)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33093
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2855, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8706

Chinese

trad. 蜆
simp. 蚬
alternative forms 䗾
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Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蜆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (見) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
涀 *ɡeːlʔ, *kʰeːns, *ɡeːns
莧 *ɡreːns
粯 *ɡreːns
晛 *ŋl'eːns, *ɡeːnʔ
筧 *keːnʔ
絸 *keːnʔ
垷 *keːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
挸 *keːnʔ
見 *keːns, *ɡeːns
俔 *kʰeːns, *ɡeːnʔ
蜆 *kʰeːns, *qʰeːnʔ, *ɡeːnʔ
硯 *ŋɡeːn, *ŋɡeːns
峴 *ɡeːnʔ
哯 *ɡeːnʔ
睍 *ɡeːnʔ
現 *ɡeːns

Pronunciation 1

Note: hain2 - Jieyang.
Rime
Character 蜆
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 呼典切
Baxter xenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/henX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/henX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xɛnX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/hɛnX/
Li
Rong 		/xenX/
Wang
Li 		/xienX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xienX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hin2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜆
Reading # 2/3
No. 6198
Phonetic
component 		見
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		顯
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰeːnʔ/

Definitions

蜆

  1. basket clam (Corbiculidae)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛤蜊 (“clam”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 蛤蜊
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 蛤蜊
Taiwan 蛤蜊
Malaysia 啦啦
Singapore 啦啦
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 蛤拉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 海蚌兒
Lanyin Mandarin Ürümqi 蚌殼子
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 蛤蜊
Cantonese Guangzhou 蜆
Hong Kong 蜆
Dongguan 蛤蜊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 啦啦
Hakka Meixian 蜆仔, 順𧋓仔, 缸口仔
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 蜆仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蜆仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 蜆仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 蜆
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 蜆仔, 蜆
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 蜆子
Jin Taiyuan 海鉢鉢
Northern Min Jian'ou 蛤蜊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 蛤蜊
Southern Min Xiamen 蚶, 蜊仔, 沙蜊, 蟯
Quanzhou 蚶, 沙蜊, 蟯
Zhangzhou 蚶, 蜊仔, 蟯
Tainan 蚶仔, 蜊仔, 蟯仔, 粉蟯
Penang (Hokkien) 蜊蜊
Singapore (Hokkien) 蚶, 蜊蜊, 沙蜊
Manila (Hokkien) 蚶
Puning 花蛤
Wu Shanghai 蛤蜊
Shanghai (Chongming) 麻蚶子
Suzhou 阿蜊
Hangzhou 蛤蜊
Ningbo 蛤皮, 圓蛤
Wenzhou 蚶兒
Xiang Changsha 湖殼子

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 蜆 蜆
Reading # 1/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV IV
Fanqie 胡典切 苦甸切
Baxter henX khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦenX/ /kʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦenX/ /kʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Li
Rong 		/ɣenX/ /kʰenH/
Wang
Li 		/ɣienX/ /kʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣienX/ /kʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiàn qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jin6 hin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜆 蜆
Reading # 1/3 3/3
No. 6194 6203
Phonetic
component 		見 見
Rime
group 		元 元
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		俔 峴
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰeːns/ /*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

蜆

  1. chrysalis (pupa of butterfly)

Japanese

Kanji

蜆

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. clam, fresh-water clam

Readings

  • Go-on: けん (ken)、げん (gen)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: しじみ (shijimi, 蜆)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蜆
しじみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 シジミ on Japanese Wikipedia

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Noun

マシジミ (mashijimi) marsh clams, Corbicula leana

蜆(しじみ) or 蜆(シジミ) • (shijimi) 

  1. clam, basket clam; any of several species in the genus Corbicula

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).


Korean

Hanja

蜆 • (hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune–Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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