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Translingual
Han character
蜊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木弓 (LIHDN), four-corner 52100, composition ⿰虫利)
- clam
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33106
- Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 8
- Unihan data for U+870A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 犁
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*riːl, *ril
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| 黎
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*riːl
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| 莉
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*riːl, *r'il, *r'i
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| 黧
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*riːl
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| 鯬
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*riːl, *ril
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| 筣
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*riːl, *ri
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| 蔾
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*riːl, *ril
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| 藜
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*riːl
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| 邌
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*riːl
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| 瓈
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*riːl
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| 鵹
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*rel
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| 棃
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*ril
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| 梨
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*ril
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| 蟍
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*ril
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| 蜊
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*ril
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| 鑗
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*ril
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| 利
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*rids
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| 痢
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*rids
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| 浰
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*riːns
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ril) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 利 (OC *rids)
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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蜊
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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7893
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Phonetic
component
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利
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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棃
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Old
Chinese
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/*ril/
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Definitions
蜊
- clam
Compounds
- 蛤蜊 (gélí)
- 蜊仔 (lâ-á) (Min Nan)
Japanese
Kanji
蜊
(Hyōgai kanji)
- bivalve
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蜊 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)
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