Read chēng, razor clam.

Radical: insect

Location code: CF7C

Stroke order number: 25121454121

Stroke order reading and writing: vertical fold, horizontal fold and horizontal fold Na horizontal, vertical and horizontal

Number of strokes: 11 strokes

〔～子〕mollusk, with a rectangular shell, light brown, living in coastal mud, the meat is edible and delicious.

Extended information:

Razor clam is a marine shellfish. Molluscs. The shell has two fans and is narrow and long in shape. It is egg yellow on the outside and white on the inside. It lives in the sea water near the coast and can also be cultivated artificially. The meat tastes delicious. There are types such as constricted razor clams and bamboo razor clams.

chēng is pronounced like "tan" in Hokkien and "青" in Ou dialect. Razor clams are commonly found in intertidal mud and sand (especially in temperate zones). The shell is narrow, razor-shaped, up to 20 cm (8 inches) long.

The axeleg is large and active, and can move up and down quickly in the cave. It can quickly shrink into the cave when frightened. Use short water tubes to ingest food particles in seawater. Some species can swim short distances by spraying water from a water pipe. The pod clam (Siliqua patula) on the Pacific coast of North America does not live in fixed caves, but in the quicksand of beaches that are constantly washed by waves.

Baidu Encyclopedia—Razor Clam