Hanja Analyzer
蜊

蜊 — ri

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
참조개 리
Romanization
ri
English
clam
Mandarin
lí
Japanese on'yomi
リ
Japanese kun'yomi
あさり
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
13
Radical
虫 (142, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
利(리)
Unicode
U+870A

Parts that make up 蜊

  • 虫 벌레 충, 벌레 훼 고개 든 뱀벌레와 뱀·조개 따위 작은 생물
  • 利 이할 리sound 벼를 베는 칼이롭다. ‘리’ 계열의 소리

How 蜊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 蜊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 虫, 利.

Japanese words with 蜊

  • 浅蜊あさり Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam

Characters sharing the phonetic 利

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 “리” in Korean.

Other hanja read “리”

Other hanja with radical 虫

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