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蛎
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oyster

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Invertebrates
lì
レイ
かき
려
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 厲 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (蠣)
虫 insects+ 厲 stern =
蠣 oyster
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
厲 Phonetic component
stern
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Simplified (蛎)
虫 insects+ 厉 grind =
蛎 oyster
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
厉 Phonetic component
lì grind
whetstone
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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)
Chinese
蛎 / 蠣 [lì]
oyster
Japanese
牡蠣 、 牡蛎 、 蠣 、 硴 かき 、 ぼれい 、 カキ 同音
noun usually kana oyster; oyster shell
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
牡蠣はどうも私の体質に合わない。
Oysters don't agree with me.
そのカキを食べた事を後悔しているんだ。
I regret eating those oysters.
Japanese Names
蠣 か
Ka surname
CHINESE WORDS (6)
牡蛎 [mǔ​lì] #12,700
oyster
蛎黄 [lì​huáng] #71,339
the flesh of oyster
海蛎 [hǎi​lì]
oyster
海蛎子 [hǎi​lì​zi]
oyster
蛤蛎 [gé​lì]
clam
蛎鹬 [lì​yù]
(bird species of China) Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
⭐ 牡蠣 [かき] #37,424
oyster
岩牡蠣 [いわがき] #159,480
Iwagaki oyster (Crassostrea nippona)
焼き牡蠣 [やきがき] #190,317
oysters cooked in the shell
牡蠣フライ [かきフライ] #194,894
fried oysters
牡蠣飯 [かきめし] #196,608
rice cooked together with oyster meat, etc.
カキ油 [カキあぶら] #245,307
oyster sauce
真牡蠣 [まがき] #245,447
Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
牡蠣灰 [かきばい]
oyster shell lime
毛牡蠣 [けがき]
spiny oyster (Saccostrea kegaki)
生牡蠣 [なまがき]
raw oyster
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