蛤
·há
(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]
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Dict coverage rank #2,619 U+86E4
How 蛤 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “mollusk”) + 合 (phonetic, hé)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 合
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 合 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 合 sound component | hé | to combine, to join, to unite; to gather |
| 哈 | hā | the sound of laughter |
| 拿 | ná | to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take |
| 给 | gěi | to give, to lend; for, by |
| 盒 | hé | small box or case; casket |
| 鸽 | gē | pigeon, dove; Columba species (various) |
| 恰 | qià | just, exactly, precisely; proper |
| 颌 | hé | mouth; jaw |
| 龛 | kān | niche, shrine |
| 峇 | bā | cave, cavern |
| 袷 | jiá | lined garment |
| 荅 | dá | to answer; small bean; thick, heavy |
| 饸 | hé | buckwheat or sorghum noodles |
| 耠 | huō | to dig, to till |
| 铪 | hā | hafnium |
Words containing 蛤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 女神蛤 | nǚ shén gé | geoduck (Panopea abrupta); elephant trunk clam; same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] |
| 鸟尾蛤 | niǎo wěi gé | cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae) |
| 巨海扇蛤 | jù hǎi shàn gé | great scallop (Pecten maxiumus); king scallop |
| 花蛤 | huā gé | clam; bivalve mollusk, many spp. |
| 文蛤 | wén gé | clam; bivalve mollusk, many spp. |
| 鸟蛤 | niǎo gé | cockle (mollusk of the family Cardiidae) |
| 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 | lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu | lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom); fig. to try to punch above one's weight |
| 蛤蟆镜 | há ma jìng | aviator sunglasses |
| 蛤蟹 | gé xiè | clams and crabs; tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) |
| 蛤蚌 | gé bàng | clam |
| 蛤蟆夯 | há ma hāng | power-driven rammer or tamper |
| 蛤蟆 | há ma | frog; toad |
| 蛤蛎 | gé lì | clam; same as 蛤蜊[ge2 li2] |
| 癞蛤蟆 | lài há ma | toad |
| 蛤蚧 | gé jiè | tokay gecko (Gekko gecko), used in TCM |
| 蛤蜊 | gé lí | clam |