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蚌 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ボウ・ホウ・ビョウぼう・ほう・びょう · bō · hō · byō
Kun
はまぐり・どぶが.いhamaguri · dobuga.i
Meaning
a freshwater clam

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 丰 as phonetic: the bivalve clam.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蚌はまぐり

    a clam

  • 蚌鷸の争いぼういつのあらそい

    a quarrel that profits a third party

More words with this kanji

  • 鷸蚌の争いいつぼうのあらそい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蚌鷸の争(あらそ)いで漁夫(ぎょふ)が利(り)を得(う)る。

The two quarrel, and a third party takes the gain.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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