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cicada

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

chan2 chán

Meaning


Primary

cicada

Alternatives

cicadas

Mnemonic


[ch-] Charlie Brown is [2] inside the [-an] pawn shop where he is making a 單 list of his favorite 虫 insects as he sits behind the display counter, bored. On the list he simply writes "蟬 cicada" again and again and again. It seems that is his favorite 虫 insect. Which would explain why he has a bunch of 蟬 cicadas scattered throughout the pawn shop, giving off a pleasant buzzing sound reminiscent of Japanese summer.

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