Chinese Character 蟬 Meanings and components.
Form
蟬
Meaning
- 蟬 meaning[3] in English
Cicada.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 蟬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and surname Shan (單)
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
In cangjie it is written with LIRRJ
How to write 蟬
To write蟬 you should write a combination of 虫 , 單 arranged in a 吅 shape:
虫 + 單 = 蟬
蟬 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 蟬 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 蟬, looks as follow:
蟬
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
單
Pinyin:dan1 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
甲
Pinyin:jia3 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: First Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . (Used For An Unspecified Person Or Thing) . First (In A List, As A Party To A Contract Etc) . Letter 'A' Or Roman 'I' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Armor Plating . Shell Or Carapace . (Of The Fingers Or Toes) Nail . Bladed Leather Or Metal Armor (Old) . Ranking System Used In The Imperial Examinations (Old) . Civil Administration Unit In The Baojia 保甲[Bao3 Jia3] System (Old) . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 75°