bàngbèng

oysters

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
虫 meaning component

  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

丰 sound component

  Sound component

fēng

  

luxuriant

Evolution

蚌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蚌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

bàng

oysters, mussels; mother-of-pearl; mussel; clam

 

Bèng

abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level city 蚌埠市[Bèng​bù​shì], Anhui

Most common words with 蚌
Freq.
Word
Meaning

mussel

蚌埠

Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui

蚌埠市

Bengbu prefecture-level city in Anhui

河蚌

mussels

蚌壳

clamshell

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[b]ˤroŋʔ

baewngX

bàng

oyster, mussel


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3947th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+868C

Shuowen

“蚌,蜃屬。从虫,丰聲。”


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