蜆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 虫
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 13
Simplified Form: 蚬

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xiàn, xiǎn
Cantonese: hin2
JapaneseKun: SHIJIMI
JapaneseOn: KEN GEN
Korean: HYEN
Vietnamese: kiến

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: a variety of bivalves

CE-Dict: Cyclina orientalis

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a clam

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《虫部》蜆縊女也。从虫見聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集中】【虫字部】蜆
【唐韻】胡典切，音峴。蟲名。【說文】縊女也。詳螠字註。　又【集韻】胡千切，音賢。義同。　又呼典切，音顯。【類篇】小蛤。【隋書·劉臻傳】好啖蜆。以父諱顯，因呼蜆爲扁螺。　又湖名。【史記·夏本紀註】三江，一江東南上七十里自蜆湖，名曰上江。　或作𧖙。
考證：〔【說文】螠女也。〕　謹照原文螠改縊。

CF-Dict: corbiculidae