蚌
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mussel; clam
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Dict coverage rank #2,802 U+868C
How 蚌 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “mollusk”) + 丰 (phonetic, fēng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丰 (fēng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丰 sound component | fēng | abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty |
| 沣 | fēng | a river in Shanxi province |
| 夆 | féng | to resist; to headbutt |
Words containing 蚌
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老蚌生珠 | lǎo bàng shēng zhū | lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom); fig. birthing a son at an advanced age |
| 蚌山区 | Bèng shān Qū | Bengshan, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui |
| 鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì | lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both … |
| 鹬蚌相争 | yù bàng xiāng zhēng | abbr. for 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利|鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利[yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4] |
| 蚌山 | Bèng shān | see 蚌山區|蚌山区[Beng4 shan1 Qu1] |
| 河蚌 | hé bàng | mussels; bivalves grown in rivers and lakes |
| 象拔蚌 | xiàng bá bàng | elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native t… |
| 彩蚌 | cǎi bàng | painted shell; painting on shell |
| 蚌壳 | bàng ké | clamshell |
| 蚌埠市 | Bèng bù Shì | Bengbu, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3] |
| 哲蚌寺 | Zhé bàng sì | Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet |
| 蛤蚌 | gé bàng | clam |
| 蚌埠 | Bèng bù | see 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4] |