蛤蜊 gélí clam Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蛤 há clam 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 蜊 lí clam Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 利 利 Sound component lì, li benefit Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangril Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang