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蚬

xiǎn

Character Traditional 蜆

What 蚬 means

1. basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corbicula leana {真蚬|zhēn xiǎn}

Words containing 蚬

• 真蚬zhēn xiǎnCorbicula leana, a species of clam

Characters built on 见

These share the phonetic component 见 (jiàn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 现xiànto appear; present; now
• 舰jiànwarship
• 岘xiànabbr. for 岘首山; Mt Xianshou in Hubei; steep hill
• 苋xiànamaranth (genus Amaranthus); Joseph's coat (Amaranthus tricolor)…
• 笕jiǎnbamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo
• 枧jiǎnbamboo conduit; wooden peg; spout

Sounds the same

Read xiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 险danger; dangerous; rugged
• 显to make visible; to reveal; prominent
• 洗used in 洗马
• 鲜few; rare
• 铣shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month (abbreviation used in telegrams)
• 藓moss; lichen; moss on damp walls
• 狝to hunt in autumn (archaic)
• 跣barefooted
• 燹conflagration
• 姺name of an ancient state
• 崄precipitous; rugged
• 幰curtain at front of carriage