Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蚌
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蚌 |
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Meaning
| mussel, clam, oyster, shell
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Pronunciation |
bàng, bèng |
Explanation |
Left: insect 虫, right: abundance 丰 (strongly growing plant) |
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An 'insect', that is in abundance, is the mussel.
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Radicals
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虫
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insect | Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect. |
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丰
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growing plant | Shows a growing plant 丨 with three 三 branches. When a leaf ノ is added, it becomes life 生. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 蚌埠市 |
Bèng bù shì |
Bengbu prefecture level city in Anhui |
| 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 |
yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì |
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
| 鹬蚌相争 |
yù bàng xiāng zhēng |
lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, idiom); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party |
| 象拔蚌 |
xiàng bá bàng |
elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (mainly from Washington State and British Columbia) |
| 象拔蚌 |
xiàng bá bàng |
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