Unicode: U+8749

Pinyin: chán

Definition

* 昆虫,种类很多,雄的腹面有发声器,叫的声音很大。 ~联。~蜕。~韵(蝉鸣)。寒~。金~脱壳。 * 古代的一种薄绸,薄如蝉翼。 ~纱

cicada; continuous

Structure

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_87EC
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
85_E384