蛎

See also: 蠣

蛎 U+86CE, 蛎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86CE ← 蛍 [U+86CD] CJK Unified Ideographs 蛏 → [U+86CF]

Translingual

Han character

蛎 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一一尸 (LIMMS), composition ⿰虫厉)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1081, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2842, character 6
• Unihan data for U+86CE

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 蛎 – see 蠣 (“oyster”). (This character is the simplified form of 蠣).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	蛎
Print standard	蠣

Kanji

蛎

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蠣)

1. Extended shinjitai form of 蠣: oyster

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: かき (kaki, 蛎)

Usage notes

This is an extended shinjitai character that was added to JIS X 0208 in 1990.