蟬 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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chán

cicada

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 單 represents the sound.

Components

虫 Meaning component

chóng

bug, insect

單 Sound component

dān, shàn

single

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

chán

cicada; continuous

Most common words with 蟬

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	蝉联	to continue in a post
	蝉	cicada
	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 呂布\|吕布[LǚBù]
	金蝉脱壳	a crafty escape plan
	噤若寒蝉	to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)