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Simplified: 蝉

chán ㄔㄢˊ

    • cicada

Other words read chán

In the same tone

  • 澶 chán still
  • 纏 chán wind around
  • 禪 chán dhyana
  • 饞 chán gluttonous
  • 蟾 chán toad

All 23 words read chán

chan with other tones

  • 產 chǎn give birth
  • 顫 chàn tremble
  • 剷 chǎn shovel
  • 鏟 chǎn spade
  • 攙 chān take by the arm and assist

All 48 words read chan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 蟬

    部首 radical
    虫
    笔画 strokes
    18, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    虫單
    形旁 meaning
    虫
    声旁 sound
    單

    Words with 蟬

    Starting with 蟬

    • 蟬聯 chánlián in successive years
    • 蟬翼 chányì cicada's wing
    • 蟬蛻 chántuì cicada slough
    • 蟬蝦 chánxiā slipper lobster
    • 蟬衣 chányī cicada slough

    All 8 words starting with 蟬

    Ending with 蟬

    • 噤若寒蟬 jìnruòhánchán keep quiet out of fear
    • 寒蟬 hánchán cicada in cold weather
    • 貂蟬 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
    • 金蟬 jīnchán Golden Cicada

    Containing 蟬

    • 金蟬脫殼 jīnchántuōqiào crafty escape plan
    • 寒蟬效應 hánchánxiàoyìng chilling effect of a climate of fear in which people are afraid to speak their mind

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