Chinese Character Wiki

蜃

shèn

marine monster which can change its shape

Components
辰 sound component

辰  Sound component

chén

  

early morning

虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

mollusk

Evolution

蜃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蜃  

shèn

marine monster which can change its shape; water spouts; clams; (mythical animal); clam; sea-serpent

Most common words with 蜃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

海市蜃楼

mirage (lit. or fig.)

蜃

clam

蜃景

mirage

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ərʔ

dzyinX

shèn

clam, oyster


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4284th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8703

Shuowen

“蜃，雉入海化為蜃。从虫，辰聲。”


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