蟾

蟾 · chán

toad

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
chán
Cantonese
sim4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

toad

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟾 chán · toad ("chán" represents the sound of its croaking); (mythology) the three-legged toad said to exist in the moon; (metonym) the moon

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42897.150:chán Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0117.140:chán Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
037.080:chán Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
chán粵sim4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
セン Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
섬:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
職廉 視占 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LINCR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5716.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1099.070 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
226.26 226.31 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87FE
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
19
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6392

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

19 strokes
蟾
Strokes
19
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

19 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsyem · 職廉 · 咸開三平鹽章 · #1104
Middle Chinese
dzyem · 視占 · 咸開三平鹽常 · #1105

PHONO-ML, source line 8656; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1199.604
kDaeJaweon
1563.130
kFennIndex
13.11
kHanYu
42897.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
1563.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42897.150
kIRGKangXi
1099.070
kKangXi
1099.070
kMatthews
5663
kMeyerWempe
2709a
kMorohashi
33676
kNelson
4192
kSBGY
226.26 226.31
kSMSZD2003Index
622.09
kCangjie
LINCR
kFenn
741K
kFourCornerCode
5716.1
kMojiJoho
MJ023755
kPhonetic
179
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-7338
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C3CA
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A39
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E2E1
kIRG_KSource
K0-606A
kIRG_TSource
T1-7875
kRSUnicode
142.13
kTotalStrokes
19
kBigFive
C3CA
kCCCII
232C5F
kCNS1986
1-7875
kCNS1992
1-7875
kEACC
232C5F
kGB0
8324
kGB1
8324
kJis0
7425
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5853
kTGH
2013:6392
kTaiwanTelegraph
5853
kXerox
270:174
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6558+142.6.13
kCantonese
sim4
kDefinition
toad
kFanqie
職廉 視占
kHangul
섬:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42897.150:chán
kJapanese
セン
kJapaneseKun
HIKIGAERU
kJapaneseOn
SEN
kKorean
SEM
kMandarin
chán
kSMSZD2003Readings
chán粵sim4
kTGHZ2013
037.080:chán
kTang
zhiɛm
kXHC1983
0117.140:chán

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 蟾0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 詹 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫詹$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫詹$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.