蚌 (pong5 | bang4) : freshwater mussel; clam

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蚌

pong5

bang4

freshwater mussel; clam; mother-of-pearl

Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蚌

This word has been viewed 2894 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Dec 2012 00:06

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象拔蚌 zoeng6 bat6 pong5 xiang4 ba2 bang4 = geoduck clam

彩蚌 coi2 pong5 cai3 bang4 = painted shell; painting on shell

貴妃蚌 gwai3 fei1 pong5 gui4 fei1 bang4 = common oriental clam; surf clam

蚌埠 pong5 bou6 beng4 bu4 = Bengbu (city in Anhui)

哲蚌寺 zit3 pong5 zi6*2 zhe2 bang4 si4 = Drepung (monastery near Lhasa, Tibet)

鷸蚌相爭 leot6 pong5 soeng1 zang1 yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 = by fighting together, neighbors both lose out

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Decimal representation of this word: 蚌
Unicode code for this character: U+868c (off-site link)

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