Hanja Analyzer
蜆

蜆 — hyeon

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가막조개 현, 호수이름 현
Romanization
hyeon
English
a variety of bivalves
Mandarin
xiàn
Japanese on'yomi
ケン, ゲン
Japanese kun'yomi
しじみ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
虫 (142, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
見(현)
Unicode
U+8706

Parts that make up 蜆

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 見 볼 견, 뵈올 현sound 사람 위에 얹힌 눈보고 나타나는 일

Japanese words with 蜆

  • 蜆しじみ basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
  • 寒蜆かんしじみ Shijimi clam caught during winter
  • 溝蜆どぶしじみ Sphaerium japonicum (species of fingernail clam)
  • 真蜆ましじみ Corbicula leana (species of basket clam)
  • 蜆汁しじみじる soup with basket clams (usu. miso soup)
  • 蜆花シジミバナ bridal-wreath spirea (Spiraea prunifolia)
  • 大和蜆やまとしじみ Corbicula japonica (species of basket clam)
  • 瀬田蜆せたしじみ Corbicula sandai (species of basket clam)

Characters sharing the phonetic 見

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “현” in Korean.

俔 峴 晛 現 睍 硯 筧 莧 靦

Other hanja read “현”

伣 俔 儇 吅 呟 哯 嬛 峴 弦 怰 懸 昡 晛 泫 炫 玄 玹 現 琄 痃 県 眩 睍 絃 絢 縣 繯 翾 舷 莧 衒 誢 賢 鉉 鋗 鞙 顕 顯 駽

Other hanja with radical 虫

虫 虬 虯 虱 虹 虺 虻 蚊 蚋 蚌 蚍 蚓 蚕 蚣 蚤 蚨 蚩 蚪 蚯 蚰 蚱 蚳 蚴 蛀 蛅 蛆 蛇 蛉 蛋 蛍 蛔 蛙 蛛 蛞 蛟 蛣 蛤 蛩 蛬 蛭 蛮 蛸 蛹 蛻 蛾 蜀 蜂 蜃 蜈 蜉 蜊 蜋 蜎 蜑 蜕 蜖 蜘 蜚 蜜 蜝

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