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蚵

é
noun #77,484

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 蚵仔, Taiwan) oyster

Characters

蚵
é
oyster

Examples

蚵仔煎是台湾经典夜市小吃。
Ézǐjiān shì Táiwān jīngdiǎn yèshì xiǎochī.
An oyster omelette is a classic Taiwanese night-market snack.
渔村靠养蚵为生。
Yúcūn kào yǎng é wéishēng.
The fishing village makes its living farming oysters.

Tips

culture
A Taiwan word, from Taiwanese Hokkien. Almost always 蚵仔 (oyster); the snack 蚵仔煎 (oyster omelette) is a night-market staple. Mainland Mandarin says 牡蛎 instead.

Components

radical
虫 chóng
insect; small creature
Left-side bug radical 虫. It tags small creatures including shellfish; here it marks the oyster as a sea creature.
phonetic
可 kě
can; (here) sound
Right side 可 is the phonetic; it gives the related reading in characters like 河 and 何, though here the dialect reading drifted to é.

Stroke Order

蚵 é