蛤

gé = g + e2

clam

蛤

há = h + a2

frog / toad

蛤 character breakdown

蛤
- 合
  - 亼
    - 一
    - 人
      - 丿
      - ㇏
  - 口
- 虫
  - 中
    - 丨
    - 口
  - 厶

合

gě = g + e3

100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

合

hé = h + e2

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]

合 = 亼 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a tube of glue.

合 = 亼 + 口 : Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Hamlet is preparing holiday decorations. He wants to be lazy and cover Halloween as well as Christmas at the same time, so he carved out a mandarin and glued a pointed cap to its top using a tube of glue.

虫

chóng = chu + (e)ng2

variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]

虫

蟲

chóng = chu + (e)ng2

lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1] / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

虫 = 中 + 厶 : Chantal Chicken and a mosquito are taking part in a dart contest just inside the engine's kitchen. The dart board is hanging in the middle of the entrance, and Chantal and the mosquito are standing to the sides. Over each of them a large fake nose is hovering: the loser will be covered in grey goose as punishment.

合

閤

hé = h + e2

variant of 合[he2]

合 = 亼 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: a tube of glue.