Memory phrase for the character: 蝉

蝉

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Meaning cicada

Pronunciation

chán

Explanation

Left: Insect 虫, right: single, individual 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets] as the single one)

Mnemonic
 
(They never are in a group:) The insect that stays single is the cicade.

Radicals

虫 insectAlso this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.
单 single, individual
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 Vocabulary

静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán  as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
金蝉脱壳 jīn chán tuō qiào  lit. the cicada sheds its carapace (idiom); fig. to vanish leaving an empty shell; a crafty escape plan
金蝉 Jīn chán  Golden Cicada
金蝉 Jīn chán  
螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán  the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind
螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán  

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