蝉
Traditional 蟬
Meanings
- cicada
Its parts
Traditional 蟬 is 虫 and 單.
Other characters with 单 as their sound:
弹 tán禅 chán亸 duǒ掸 dǎn阐 chǎn觯 zhì婵 chán惮 dàn
Dictionaries file it under 虫.
Words with 蝉
- 蝉联 to continue in a post
- 蝉翼 cicada's wing
- 金蝉脱壳 lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom)
- 蝉蜕 cicada slough
- 噤若寒蝉 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
- 螳螂捕蝉 see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[tang2 lang2 bu3…
- 寒蝉 a cicada in cold weather (used as a…
- 貂蝉 Diaochan (-192), one of the four…
- 蝉虾 slipper lobster (family Scyllaridae)
- 蝉衣 cicada slough (used in TCM)
- 蝉鸣 song of cicadas
- 金蝉 Golden Cicada