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clam

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
há
コウ
はまぐり
합
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.
Components
虫 insects+ 合 fit =
蛤 clam
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
合 Phonetic component
hé fit
variant of 合[hé]
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
蛤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
蛤 [gé]
clam
蛤 [há]
frog; toad
Japanese
蛤 、 文蛤 、 蚌 はまぐり 、 ハマグリ 同音
noun usually kana common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
蛙 、 蛤 (irreg.) 、 蝦 (irreg.) かえる 、 かわず 、 かいる 、 カエル 、 カワズ 同音

noun

  1. usually kana frog
  2. kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
この池には以前蛙がたくさんいたものだった。
There used to be a lot of frogs in this pond.
Japanese Names
蛤 こう
Kō surname
蛤 はまぐり
Hamaguri surname
CHINESE WORDS (24)
蛤蟆 [há​ma] #17,581
frog
蛤蜊 [gé​lí] #16,096
clam
癞蛤蟆 [lài​há​ma] #20,535
toad
癞蛤蟆 [lài​há​ma] #20,535
toad
文蛤 [wén​gé] #50,893
clam
蛤蚧 [gé​jiè] #56,749
tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), used in TCM
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 [lài​há​ma​xiǎng​chī​tiān​'é​ròu] #59,032
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 [lài​há​ma​xiǎng​chī​tiān​'é​ròu] #59,032
lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom)
蛤蚌 [gé​bàng] #69,284
clam
大文蛤 [dà​wén​gé]
giant clam
14 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (9)
⭐ 蛙 [かえる] #11,714
frog
⭐ 海老 [えび] #21,527
prawn
蛤 [はまぐり] #49,332
common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
浅蜊 [あさり] #102,735
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum)
蛤御門の変 [はまぐりごもんのへん] #188,564
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
焼きハマグリ [やきはまぐり] #201,129
grilled clam
マテ貝 [まてがい] #287,076
razor clam (Solen strictus)
支那蛤 [しなはまぐり]
Meretrix petechialis (species of hard clam)
朝鮮蛤 [ちょうせんはまぐり]
Korean hard clam (Meretrix lamarckii)