蜃

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: sing5
POJ: sîng
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

noun: large clam, large bivalve
蜃

The same reading covers both a literal 'large clam/shellfish' sense and a mythological 'shen' shapeshifting-monster sense; the literal sense was chosen as the base gloss but it's unclear which is more salient.

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