Chinese Character 蝉 Meanings and components.

Form

蝉

Meaning

蝉 meaning[3] in English

Cicada.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蝉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and Japanese variant of … (単)

Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫chong2lower form …

In cangjie it is written with LICWJ

How to write 蝉

To write蝉chan2cicada you should write a combination of 虫chong2lower form … , 単dan1Japanese variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

虫 + 単 = 蝉

蝉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 蝉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蝉, looks as follow:

蝉
Pinyin:chan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cicada
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
単
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Japanese Variant Of 單|单
畄
Pinyin:liu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 留[Liu2]
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
田
Pinyin:tian2
Meaning[3]: Surname Tian
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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