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蜆

蜆

See also: 蚬

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. a variety of bivalves

References

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

Chinese

trad. 蜆
simp. 蚬

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 蜆 蜆 蜆
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 匣 (33) 曉 (32) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 先 (85) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) IV IV IV
Fanqie 胡典切 呼典切 苦甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦenX/ /henX/ /kʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦenX/ /henX/ /kʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣɛnX/ /xɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦɛnX/ /hɛnX/ /kʰɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣenX/ /xenX/ /kʰenH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣienX/ /xienX/ /kʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣienX/ /xienX/ /kʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xiàn xiǎn qiàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蜆 蜆 蜆
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
No. 6194 6198 6203
Phonetic
component		 見 見 見
Rime
group		 元 元 元
Rime
subdivision		 2 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 俔 顯 峴
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeːns/ /*qʰeːnʔ/ /*ɡeːnʔ/

Definitions

蜆

  1. a type of clam (clarification of this Chinese definition is being sought)

Japanese

Kanji

蜆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蜆
しじみ
Hyōgaiji
kun'yomi

Noun

蜆 ‎(hiragana しじみ, katakana シジミ, romaji shijimi)

  1. a type of clam (clarification of this Japanese definition is being sought)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana in biological contexts.

Korean

Hanja

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

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