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Unicode/Hanzi Search: U+8749 (蝉)

8749
 
cicada; continuous
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 8 Total Strokes 14
Mandarin reading chán Cantonese reading sim4 sin4
Japanese on reading sen zen Japanese kun reading semi
Korean reading sen Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) cicada; continuous

CEDICT Entries:

   [ chán ]    cicada
   [ chán ]    Cicadidae, homopterous insect family including cicada
   [ chán ]    cicada's wing, fig. diaphanous, delicate texture
   [ chán lián ]    to continue in a post, (to hold a post) several times in succession, (to win a title) in successive years, to stay at number one, to defend a championship
   [ chán tuì ]    cicada slough, fig. to free oneself, to extricate oneself from
   [ chán ]    cicada slough (used in TCM)
   [ chán míng ]    song of cicadas, chirping of insects
⇒    [ jìn ruò hán chán ]    to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
⇒    [ hán chán ]    cicada in winter, fig. mournful sound
⇒    [ táng láng chán ]    the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
⇒    [ táng láng chán huáng què zaì hoù ]    the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
⇒    [ chán ]    Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓[Dong3 Zhuo2] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布[Lu:3 Bu4]
⇒    [ jīn chán ]    Golden Cicada
⇒    [ jīn chán tuō ]    lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell, a crafty escape plan
⇒    [ jìng ruò hán chán ]    as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)

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