Keyword
mussel
- oysters
- mussels
- mother-of-pearl
- Frequency
- #3204
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
bàng
Mnemonic
虫 (mollusk) gives the meaning and 丰 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蚌
mussel; clam
蚌埠市
Bengbu, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省 (ĀnhuīShěng)
哲蚌寺
Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet
河蚌
mussels; bivalves grown in rivers and lakes
蚌壳
clamshell
鹬蚌相争
abbr. for 鷸蚌相爭，鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利[yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4]
象拔蚌
elephant trunk clam; geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America)
蛤蚌
clam