蛤 hágé clam Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 合 合 Sound component hé to join Character Evolution Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkuːb Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica