# 蚌

| 蚌 | U+868C, &#34444; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-868C |
| ← 蚋 [U+868B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蚍 → [U+868D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蚌 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 中戈手十 (LIQJ), four-corner 5510$_0$, composition ⿰虫丰)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1077, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32851
* Dae Jaweon: page 1546, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2836, character 5
* Unihan data for U+868C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 邦 | *proːŋ |
| 梆 | *proːŋ |
| 垹 | *proːŋ |
| 肨 | *pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs |
| 蚌 | *broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ |
| 玤 | *broːŋʔ |
| 棒 | *broːŋʔ |
| 蜯 | *broːŋʔ |
| 琫 | *poːŋʔ |
| 菶 | *poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ |
| 俸 | *poːŋʔ, *boŋs |
| 髼 | *boːŋ |
| 蜂 | *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ |
| 韸 | *boːŋ |
| 蓬 | *boːŋ |
| 篷 | *boːŋ |
| 唪 | *boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ |
| 埲 | *boːŋʔ |
| 丰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 妦 | *pʰoŋ |
| 仹 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峯 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 鋒 | *pʰoŋ |
| 烽 | *pʰoŋ |
| 蠭 | *pʰoŋ |
| 桻 | *pʰoŋ |
| 莑 | *pʰoŋ |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 捧 | *pʰoŋʔ |
| 逢 | *boŋ |
| 縫 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 漨 | *boŋ |
| 捀 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 奉 | *boŋʔ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): bàng, bèng (bang$^4$, beng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄅㄤˋ, ㄅㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pong$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pǎng / pāng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ban
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bàng
*** Wade–Giles: pang$^4$
*** Yale: bàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: banq
*** Palladius: бан (ban)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɑŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: bèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bèng
*** Wade–Giles: pêng$^4$
*** Yale: bèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benq
*** Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /pɤŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pong$^5$
*** Yale: póhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pong$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔːŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pǎng
*** Tâi-lô: pǎng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pāng
*** Tâi-lô: pāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pang
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /paŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /paŋ²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ban
*** MiniDict: ban$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$ban
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bã²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ban$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /pan²¹/
* Middle Chinese: baewngX
Rime :
| Character | 蚌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 江 (9) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 步項切 |
| Baxter | baewngX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bˠʌŋ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bᵚɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /baɨwŋ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /bɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /bɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱɔŋ$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | bàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bong$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤroŋʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*breːŋʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蚌 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | bàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bæwng$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[b]ˁroŋʔ/ |
| English | oyster, mussel |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蚌 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3209 |
| Phonetic component | 丰 |
| Rime group | 耕 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*breːŋʔ/ |
| Notes | 同說文螷，由步項切訓讀 |

#### Definitions

蚌
* common name for some bivalve molluscs
* (obsolete) pearl
* Short for 蚌埠 (Bèngbù, “Bengbu”).

##### Synonyms

* (bivalve molluscs): (Hokkien) 池刀; (Xiang) 飯示／饭示

#### Compounds

* 剖蚌求珠
* 明珠生蚌
* 河蚌 (hébàng)
* 珠蚌
* 瓦器蚌盤／瓦器蚌盘
* 老蚌生珠
* 蚌殼／蚌壳 (bàngké)
* 蚌珠
* 蛤蚌
* 鷸蚌相爭／鹬蚌相争 (yùbàngxiāngzhēng)

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蚌 – see 螷 (“a long and narrow mollusc”). (This character is a variant form of 螷).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 蚌 – see 蜂 (“Apoidea or Vespa; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蜂).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: ぼう (bō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: どぶが (dobuga)

## Korean
### Hanja

蚌 • (bang) (hangeul 방, revised bang, McCune–Reischauer pang, Yale pang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蚌: Hán Nôm readings: bạng
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#### References

* Nom Foundation