Keyword
cicada
- continuous
- Frequency
- #3358
- Strokes
- 14
Readings
chán
Mnemonic
虫 (insect) gives the meaning and 单 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
蝉联
to continue in a post; (to hold a post) several times in succession; (to win a title) in successive years; to stay at number one; to defend a championship
蝉
cicada
寒蝉
a cicada in cold weather (used as a metaphor for sb who keeps their thoughts to themself); Meimuna opalifera, a kind of cicada found in East Asia
貂蝉
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)
蝉鸣
song of cicadas; chirping of insects
蝉翼
cicada's wing
金蝉
Golden Cicada
金蝉脱壳
lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
噤若寒蝉
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
蝉蜕
cicada slough; fig. to free oneself; to extricate oneself from