蚌

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mussel; clam

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

虫 meaning “mollusk” + 丰 sound ( fēng )

Components 虫丰

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
老蚌生珠	lǎo bàng shēng zhū	lit. an old oyster producing a pearl (idiom); fig. birthing a son at an advanced age
蚌山区	Bèng shān Qū	Bengshan, a district of Bengbu City 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4], Anhui
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利	yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì	lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both …
鹬蚌相争	yù bàng xiāng zhēng	abbr. for 鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利\|鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利[yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4]
蚌山	Bèng shān	see 蚌山區\|蚌山区[Beng4 shan1 Qu1]
河蚌	hé bàng	mussels; bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
象拔蚌	xiàng bá bàng	elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native t…
彩蚌	cǎi bàng	painted shell; painting on shell
蚌壳	bàng ké	clamshell
蚌埠市	Bèng bù Shì	Bengbu, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
哲蚌寺	Zhé bàng sì	Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
蛤蚌	gé bàng	clam
蚌埠	Bèng bù	see 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 Shi4]

Characters sharing the sound component 丰 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
丰 sound part	fēng	abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
沣	fēng	a river in Shanxi province
夆	féng	to resist; to headbutt