U+86CF "蛏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+86CF "蛏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally used to represent a type of edible razor clam or bivalve mollusk, commonly found in coastal regions of East Asia. Its meaning and usage are primarily tied to the name of this shellfish, often appearing in culinary and marine contexts, such as in the term for "razor clam" in Chinese. The character is composed of the radical for "insect" or "worm" on the left, which is frequently used in characters for small creatures, and a phonetic component on the right that hints at its pronunciation, which is roughly "cheng" in Mandarin.