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蜃

蜃 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はまぐり。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「虫」+音符「辰」。「はまぐり」を意味する漢語｛蜃｝を表す字。もと「辰」が｛蜃｝を表す字であったが、「虫」を加えた。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

clam

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シン
Other languages
  • 拼音shen4
  • 한글sin
  • Hán-ViệtThận

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+8703

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱辰虫

Words using this kanji

  • 蜃気楼しんきろう空気の温度が異なる層があるため光の屈折が起こり、遠くの風景が浮かんだり、反射して見えたりする現象。海市。ミラージュ。mirage

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