蜆

See also: 蚬

蜆	U+8706, 蜆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8706

← 蜅
[U+8705]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蜇 →
[U+8707]

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

𫋩

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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蜆

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎn (xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hán

(Meixian, Guangdong): han³
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): hoin² / hain²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³
  - Yale: syǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin²
  - Yale: hín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin²
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hán
  - Hakka Romanization System: han^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: han³
  - Sinological IPA: /han³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: han³
  - Sinological IPA: /han³¹/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hoin² / hain²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hóiⁿ / háiⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hõĩ⁵²/, /hãĩ⁵²/

Note: hain2 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shi
  - MiniDict: shi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi³⁴/

Middle Chinese: xenX

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	/hen^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hen^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛn^X/
Li Rong	/xen^X/
Wang Li	/xien^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xien^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰeːnʔ/

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

basket clam (Corbiculidae)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛤蜊 (“clam”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

蜆仔／蚬仔 (Hakka, Hokkien)
蜆妹／蚬妹
蜆殼／蚬壳
蜆港／蚬港
蜆肉／蚬肉 (xiǎnròu)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiàn, xiǎn (xian⁴, xian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄒㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien⁴
  - Yale: syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiann
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³
  - Yale: syǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shean
  - Palladius: сянь (sjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: henX, khenH

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	/ɦen^X/	/kʰen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦen^X/	/kʰen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɛn^X/	/kʰɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦɛn^X/	/kʰɛn^H/
Li Rong	/ɣen^X/	/kʰen^H/
Wang Li	/ɣien^X/	/kʰien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣien^X/	/kʰien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiàn	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jin⁶	hin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːns/, /*ɡeːnʔ/

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

chrysalis (pupa of butterfly)

Japanese

Kanji

蜆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

蜆(しじみ) or 蜆(シジミ) • (shijimi)

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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Vietnamese

Han character

蜆: Hán Nôm readings: hiên, hiện, hến, kiến

Noun

chữ Hán form of kiến (“ant”).