Read Edit View history Discussion 蝉 chán cicada Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 单 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蟬. Pinyin Separate values with commas chán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 蟬 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝉 Simp strokes 蝉 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蝉 Simp strokes 蝉 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蝉 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 96, 556 ], [ 131, 531 ], [ 173, 381 ] ], [ [ 147, 547 ], [ 360, 594 ], [ 396, 569 ], [ 361, 466 ] ], [ [ 176, 417 ], [ 400, 452 ] ], [ [ 209, 784 ], [ 267, 734 ], [ 248, 292 ] ], [ [ 55, 235 ], [ 120, 218 ], [ 354, 319 ] ], [ [ 334, 377 ], [ 397, 264 ] ], [ [ 513, 769 ], [ 597, 669 ] ], [ [ 734, 836 ], [ 766, 794 ], [ 646, 661 ] ], [ [ 452, 588 ], [ 488, 552 ], [ 530, 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