蝉
蟬chán
#3,042 most
frequent character
cicada
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
蝉 has 虫 (worm, insect) as its meaning part and 单 dān as a sound part. It first meant 'an insect whose males make noise with an organ in the abdomen.' That grew to mean 'cicada.'
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