蝉
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See also: 蟬
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Translingual
| Traditional | 蟬 |
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| Shinjitai (extended) |
蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |
Han character
蝉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8 in Chinese, 虫+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 中戈金田十 (LICWJ), four-corner 58156, composition ⿰虫单 (G) or ⿰虫単 (J))
Usage notes
Due to Han unification, this Unicode character appears as 蝉 (虫单) in PRC-style fonts and 蝉 (虫単) in Japan-style fonts.
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1088, character 34
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2866, character 1
- Unihan data for U+8749
Chinese
Glyph origin
Definitions
| For pronunciation and definitions of 蝉 – see 蟬 (“cicada; a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 蟬). |
Notes:
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Japanese
| 蝉 | |
| 蟬 |
Kanji
蝉
(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 蟬)
- Extended shinjitai form of 蟬: cicada
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 蝉海老 (semiebi, “blunt slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus)”)
- 蝉魴鮄 (semi-hōbō, “Oriental flying gurnard”)
- 川蝉 (kawasemi, “kingfisher”)
- 寒蝉 (kansen), 寒蝉 (kanzen, “cicadas which sing in late autumn”)
- 秋蝉 (shūsen, “cicadas that sing when autumn comes”)
- 耳蝉 (mimizuku, “eared leaf-hopper”)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 蝉 |
| せみ Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 蟬 (kyūjitai) |
/sen/ → */semu/ → /semi/
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 蟬 (MC dzyen). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Compare 文 (fumi).
Pronunciation
Noun
- generic name for a cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera); locust (chiefly US)
- the back part a 横笛 (yokobue, “Japanese transverse flute”), about one centimeter from the embouchure hole, usually shaped like a cicada (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- a small pulley used to raise objects to high places
- (by extension) a pulley used to lift sails in a 和船 (wasen, “Japanese-style ship”) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 蝉の羽月 (semi no hazuki, “sixth lunar month”)
- 蝉時雨 (semi-shigure, “outburst of cicadas singing”)
- 秋蝉 (akizemi, “cicadas that sing when autumn comes”)
- 秋の蝉 (aki no semi, “cicadas that sing even in autumn”)
- 油蝉, 鳴蜩 (aburazemi)
- 空蝉, 虚蝉 (utsusemi)
- 蝦夷蝉 (Ezo semi)
- 唖蝉 (oshizemi)
- 寒蝉 (kanzemi, “cicadas which sing in late autumn”)
- 熊蝉 (kumazemi)
- 角蝉 (tsunozemi)
- 夏蝉 (natsuzemi, “summer cicadas”)
- 春蝉 (haruzemi)
- 法師蝉 (hōshi-zemi)
- 松蝉 (matsuzemi, “cicada abundant in late spring”)
- みんみん蝉, 蛁蟟 (minmin-zemi)
- にいにい蝉 (niinii-zemi)
- 夕蝉 (yūzemi, “cicada singing at dusk”)
See also
- 飛蝗 (batta, “locust, grasshopper”)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 蝉 |
| せび Hyōgai |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 蟬 (kyūjitai) |
/semi/ ⇔ /sebi/
A shift from semi above. Bilabial nasal /m/ becomes bilabial plosive /b/. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Appears in the Shinsen Jikyō.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Synonym of 蝉 (semi, “cicada”)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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