蜊

蜊	U+870A, 蜊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-870A

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[U+8709]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+870B]

Translingual

Han character

蜊 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 中戈竹木弓 (LIHDN), four-corner 5210₀, composition ⿰虫利)

clam

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1084, character 24
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33106
Dae Jaweon: page 1552, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2856, character 8
Unihan data for U+870A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		蜊

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (利) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
犁	riːl, ril
黎	*riːl
莉	riːl, r'il, *r'i
黧	*riːl
鯬	riːl, ril
筣	riːl, ri
蔾	riːl, ril
藜	*riːl
邌	*riːl
瓈	*riːl
鵹	*rel
棃	*ril
梨	*ril
蟍	*ril
蜊	*ril
鑗	*ril
利	*rids
痢	*rids
浰	*riːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ril): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 利 (OC *rids)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lí (li²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁶ / lei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lâ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lí
  - Wade–Giles: li²
  - Yale: lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
  - Palladius: ли (li)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: lei⁶ / lei⁴
  - Yale: leih / lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶ / lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶ / léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²²/, /lei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lâ
  - Tâi-lô: lâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laa
  - IPA (Taipei): /la²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la²³/

Middle Chinese: lij

Rime
Character	蜊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (15)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力脂切
Baxter	lij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/li/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/li/
Li Rong	/li/
Wang Li	/li/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ril/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7893
Phonetic component	利
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	棃
Old Chinese	/*ril/

Definitions

蜊

clam

Compounds

蛤蜊 (gélí)
蜊仔 (lâ-á) (Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji

蜊

(Hyōgai kanji)

bivalve

Readings

On (unclassified): り (ri)
Kun: あさり (asari)

Korean

Hanja

蜊 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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