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Clams sold in supermarkets
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Hamaguri 01
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文蛤

wéngé
noun

Measure Word

一只文蛤 zhī

Meanings

  1. 1 Asiatic hard clam (Meretrix meretrix)
  2. 2 hard clam, venus clam

About the ingredient

水产 Fish and seafood

A clam with a rounded, slightly triangular shell that is white as porcelain inside, one of the important edible shellfish of the China coast.

Contains shellfish

Examples

HSK 4
这家店的文蛤汤特别鲜。
Zhè jiā diàn de wéngé tāng tèbié xiān.
This restaurant's clam soup is especially fresh-tasting.
HSK 7-9
海边的滩涂盛产文蛤。
Hǎibiān de tāntú shèngchǎn wéngé.
The coastal mudflats produce abundant hard clams.

Tips

culture
文 refers to the delicate patterns (纹) on the polished, porcelain-like shell. Long a staple seafood along China's Yellow Sea / East Sea coasts - Liaoning, Shandong, and Jiangsu all have major fisheries.

Stroke Order

文 wén
蛤 gé