Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 蛤 Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1082, Entry 12 Pronounced ge. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), this refers to a type of bivalve mollusk. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): Small birds fly into the great sea and transform into clams. Commentary on the Discourses of the States (Guoyu Zhu): Those that are small are called clam (ge), while those that are large are called shen. History of the Former Han (Qianhanshu), Treatise on Geography: Melons, fruits, snails, and clams are types of food that are always plentiful. Commentary: The shape is similar to a freshwater mussel but more rounded. Records of the Elder Dai (Dadai Liji): Freshwater mussels, clams, turtles, and pearls change according to the waxing and waning of the moon. There is also the kui clam. Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Also known as the fulei, it is said to be the transformation of an aged bat. There is also the patterned clam (wenge). Brush Talks from Dream Brook (Mengxi Bitan): The patterned clam is what the people of the Wu region eat as the variegated clam. There is also the spirit clam (lingge). Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang (Youyang Zazu): Among the medicines of the immortals, there is the white-water spirit clam. There is also the ten-thousand-year clam. Outer Biography of Feiyan (Feiyan Waizhuan): The Kingdom of Chenla presented a ten-thousand-year clam. There is also the mountain clam. Materia Medica (Bencao): It lurks and hides within mountain rocks; it resembles a toad but is larger, yellow in color, and is able to swallow air and drink the wind and dew. There is also the xiaha, which is the name of a beast. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin Fu): Grappling with the xiaha and piercing the fierce beasts with a spear. There is also the clam-fish, which is an alternative name for the frog. Materia Medica (Bencao): Among frogs, those with small voices are called ge, commonly known as stone ducks, which is what is referred to as the little ge. Poetry of Han Yu: The ge is the toad; it is the same object but possesses different names. There is also the gejie. Yang Xiong, Regional Speech (Fangyan): In the Guilin region, those that are large in body and capable of calling out are called gejie. See the commentary on the character jie for details. There is also the clam (geli); see the commentary on the character li for details. Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Written in the form that includes the insect radical and the phonetic component ge.