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Traditional (Taiwan): 蟬

chán ㄔㄢˊ

    • cicada

Other words read chán

In the same tone

  • 澶 chán still
  • 缠 chán wind around
  • 禅 chán dhyana
  • 馋 chán gluttonous
  • 蟾 chán toad

All 23 words read chán

chan with other tones

  • 产 chǎn give birth
  • 颤 chàn tremble
  • 铲 chǎn shovel
  • 搀 chān take by the arm and assist
  • 浐 chǎn name of a river in Shaanxi province

All 48 words read chan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 蝉

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 8 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    虫单
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    单

    Words with 蝉

    Starting with 蝉

    • 蝉联 chánlián in successive years
    • 蝉翼 chányì cicada's wing
    • 蝉蜕 chántuì cicada slough
    • 蝉虾 chánxiā slipper lobster
    • 蝉衣 chányī cicada slough

    All 8 words starting with 蝉

    Ending with 蝉

    • 噤若寒蝉 jìnruòhánchán keep quiet out of fear
    • 寒蝉 hánchán cicada in cold weather
    • 貂蝉 diāochán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 sìdàměinǚ, in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 dǒngzhuó to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 吕布 lǚbù
    • 金蝉 jīnchán Golden Cicada

    Containing 蝉

    • 金蝉脱壳 jīnchántuōqiào crafty escape plan
    • 寒蝉效应 hánchánxiàoyìng chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind

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