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蟾

chán

Character

What 蟾 means

1. toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking)
2. (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon
3. (metonym) the moon

Example sentences

• 我无法区分青蛙和蟾蜍。
  Wǒ wúfǎ qūfēn qīngwā hé chánchú.
  I can't tell a frog from a toad.

Words starting with 蟾

• 蟾蜍chán chútoad
• 蟾宫折桂chán gōng zhé guìlit. plucking a branch of osmanthus from the Toad Palace (i.e. the moon)…

Words containing 蟾

• 爪蟾zhuǎ chánXenopus (type of frog)

Characters built on 詹

These share the phonetic component 詹 (zhān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 赡shànto support; to provide for
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 澹dàntranquil; placid; quiet
• 儋dāncarry
• 谵zhān(literary) to rant; to rave; to be delirious

Characters that look like 蟾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 疆jiāngborder; boundary
• 曦xī(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 孀shuāng(bound form) widow
• 镰lián(bound form) sickle
• 蟠pánto coil

Sounds the same

Read chán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缠to wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 馋gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving
• 禅dhyana (Sanskrit); Zen; meditation (Buddhism)
• 澶still (as of water); still water
• 蝉cicada
• 单used in 单于
• 婵used in 婵娟
• 谗to slander; to defame; to misrepresent
• 潺flow; trickle (of water)
• 巉(literary) steep; rugged; jagged; precipitous
• 毚cunning; artful
• 磛cliff; peak