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Translingual
Han character
蚶 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈廿一 (LITM), four-corner 54170, composition ⿰虫甘)
- ark clam
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1079, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32925
- Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2841, character 12
- Unihan data for U+86B6
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 紺
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*kɯːms
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| 姏
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*mɡaːm
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| 嵌
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*sɡaːmʔ, *kʰraːm
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| 甘
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*kaːm
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| 柑
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*kaːm
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| 苷
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*kaːm
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| 泔
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*kaːm
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| 坩
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*kaːm, *kʰaːm
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| 蚶
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*ɢaːm, *ɢaːm
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| 酣
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*ɢaːm
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| 甝
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*ɢaːm
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| 魽
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*ɢaːm
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| 邯
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*ɡaːm, *ɡaːm
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| 鉗
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*ɡram
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| 箝
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*ɡram
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| 黚
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*ɡram, *ɡrɯm
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| 拑
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*ɡram
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢaːm, *ɢaːm) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 甘 (OC *kaːm)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蚶
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蚶
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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3658
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3662
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Phonetic
component
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甘
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甘
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Rime
group
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談
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談
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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蚶
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酣
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɢaːm/
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/*ɢaːm/
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| Notes
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注亦作魽
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同魽
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Definitions
蚶
- ark clam
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
蚶
(Hyōgai kanji)
- ark shell
Readings