蚬
xiǎn

a variety of bivalves

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

mollusk

见
见 Sound component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

蜆 a variety of bivalves Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰeːns
qʰeːnʔ
ɡeːnʔ

說文解字

縊女也。从虫見聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)