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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lí | li2
English translation
clam

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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mollusk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫利

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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他们 tā men Cháng 浅滩 qiǎn tān shè 蛤蜊 gé lí .

They often go clamming.

zài 台风 táifēng tiān de shè 蛤蜊 gé lí shì fèn 危险 wēixiǎn de 工作 gōngzuò .

Go clamming is also a dangerous work with a willy - willy ( typhoon ).

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蛤蜊 gé lí clam蛤蜊 gé lí
clam

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