蟬
See also: 蝉
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Translingual
| Traditional | 蟬 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai (extended) | 蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |
Han character
蟬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口口十 (LIRRJ), four-corner 56156, composition ⿰虫單)
References
- KangXi: page 1097, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33616
- Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2891, character 7
- Unihan data for U+87EC
Chinese
| trad. | 蟬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蝉 | |
| alternative forms | 蟺 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蟬 | |
|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 嚲 | *taːlʔ |
| 癉 | *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn |
| 奲 | *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ |
| 驒 | *daːl, *daːn, *teːn |
| 鼉 | *daːl |
| 磾 | *teːl |
| 鷤 | *deːl, *deːls, *daːn |
| 觶 | *tjal, *tjals |
| 單 | *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans |
| 鄲 | *taːn |
| 殫 | *taːn |
| 簞 | *taːn |
| 匰 | *taːn |
| 襌 | *taːn |
| 彈 | *daːn, *daːns |
| 貚 | *daːn, *deːn |
| 撣 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ |
| 潬 | *daːnʔ |
| 僤 | *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan |
| 憚 | *daːns |
| 樿 | *tjanʔ |
| 燀 | *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ |
| 戰 | *tjans |
| 闡 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 繟 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 幝 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 嘽 | *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djan) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Definitions
蟬
- cicada (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- 飲而不食者，蟬也；不飲不食者，蜉蝣也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
- Yǐn ér bùshí zhě, chán yě; bùyǐn bùshí zhě, fúyóu yě. [Pinyin]
- That which drinks but does not eat is the cicada. That which neither drinks nor eats is the mayfly.
饮而不食者，蝉也；不饮不食者，蜉蝣也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing
- (literary) cicada-shaped decoration
- (literary) continuously; unendingly
- 蟬聯／蝉联 ― chánlián ― to continue in a post; to win a title in successive years
Synonyms
- (cicada):
Dialectal synonyms of 蟬 (“cicada”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 蟬, 蜩 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟬 | |
| Taxonomic name | 蟬 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 季鳥兒, 馬季, 伏天兒 |
| Taiwan | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Tianjin | 唧了兒 | |
| Langfang | 知了兒 | |
| Chengde | 知了兒 | |
| Tangshan | 麻唧了兒, 唧了兒 | |
| Cangzhou | 唧了兒 | |
| Baoding | 麻唧了兒 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 唧了兒, 惹兒惹兒 | |
| Daming | 馬即了兒 | |
| Ulanhot | 蟬 | |
| Tongliao | 蟬 | |
| Chifeng | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Bayanhot | 蟬 | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Heihe | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Qiqihar | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Harbin | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Jiamusi | 知了兒 | |
| Baicheng | 知了兒 | |
| Changchun | 知了兒 | |
| Tonghua | 知了兒 | |
| Shenyang | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Dandong | 知了 | |
| Jinzhou | 蟬, 知了兒, 伏涼兒 | |
| Yantai | 截溜兒 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 遮了兒 | |
| Qingdao | 截溜 | |
| Lijin | 消息 | |
| Zhucheng | 截溜 | |
| Jinan | 知了, 稍錢兒, 截了 | |
| Jining | 姐了 | |
| Luoyang | 馬即了兒 | |
| Wanrong | 吱嘮嘮, 蟬 | |
| Shangqiu | 蟬, 唧了子, 唧了 | |
| Yuanyang | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Zhengzhou | 麥知了 | |
| Lingbao | 知老兒 | |
| Xinyang | 馬唧了兒 | |
| Baihe | 知拉子 | |
| Hanzhong | 蟬, 知了子 | |
| Xi'an | 知了, 知了兒 | |
| Baoji | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Yinchuan | 秋蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Tianshui | 蟬 | |
| Lanzhou | 蟬, 秋蟬 | |
| Dunhuang | 蟬 | |
| Xining | 蟬 | |
| Hami | 蟬 | |
| Ürümqi | 蟬 | |
| Wuhan | 知丫, 知衣, 知了, 嗟哩, 嗟林 | |
| Yichang | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Xiangyang | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Tianmen | 蟬, 知已子 | |
| Hong'an | 蟬, 蠽如子 | |
| Chengdu | 蟬子 | |
| Nanchong | 蟬子, 唧拉子 | |
| Dazhou | 唧拉子 | |
| Hanyuan | 懶蟲子 | |
| Xichang | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Zigong | 蟬 | |
| Chongqing | 恩啊子 | |
| Guiyang | 蟬 | |
| Zunyi | 拎啊子 | |
| Bijie | 牛螂螂 | |
| Liping | 唧唧丫丫 | |
| Zhaotong | 蟬, 知溜 | |
| Dali | 知了 | |
| Kunming | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Mengzi | 蟬 | |
| Guilin | 知了, 絲飛呀 | |
| Guilin (Lingui) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Liuzhou | 唧喳蟲, 知了, 蟬 | |
| Liuzhou (Luorong) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Nanning (Wuming) | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Jishou | 唧丫絲 | |
| Changde | 星米蟲兒 | |
| Yongzhou | 嘰呀屎 | |
| Anqing | 遮娘子 | |
| Xuzhou | 蛈蛚, 蟬 | |
| Fuyang | 蟬, 即了子 | |
| Wuhu | 遮溜子 | |
| Yangzhou | 唧了子 | |
| Lianyungang | 姐溜, 剪溜, 熱死 | |
| Lianshui | 唧了 | |
| Nanjing | 知了, 周了, 周流, 齋流 | |
| Hefei | 蟬, 知了, 遮溜子, 遮溜, 遮遮子 | |
| Nantong | 姐溜 | |
| Singapore | 蟬 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟬, 沙蟬, 呦兒 |
| Hong Kong | 蟬, 沙蟬 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 囊拈 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 囊寧 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 囊寧 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 禾寧, 齧牛 | |
| Macau | 蟬 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 沙蟬 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 囊寧 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 啞魚 | |
| Foshan | 丫蟬 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 吱吱 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 蟬, 吱吱 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 啞蟬 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟬 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 秋蟬 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 青蟬 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 蟬 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟬 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蟬 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟬 | |
| Taishan | 蟬 | |
| Taishan (Guanghai) | 蟬 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟬 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 蟬 | |
| Dongguan | 䗧蜋 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟬公 | |
| Qingyuan | 羅寧 | |
| Fogang | 螂寧 | |
| Yingde (Hanguang) | 蟬仔 | |
| Yangshan | 螂寧 | |
| Lianshan (Butian) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 蟬 | |
| Shaoguan | 蟬 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟬仔 | |
| Renhua | 蟬 | |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蟬 | |
| Sihui | 蟬仔 | |
| Guangning | 蟬仔 | |
| Deqing | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Huaiji | 螂寧 | |
| Yunfu | 蟬車 | |
| Luoding | 吱喳 | |
| Yangjiang | 蟬 | |
| Xinyi | 蟬謝 | |
| Lianjiang | 蟬謝 | |
| Nanning | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Nanning (Tanka) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Wuzhou | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Yulin | 紡紗蟲 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 知了 | |
| Guiping | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Guiping (Mule) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Pingnan | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Mengshan (Xihe) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Guigang (Gangcheng) | 蟬 | |
| Guigang (Nanjiang) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Guigang (Pingdong) | 風沙蟲 | |
| Beiliu (Tangliao) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Baise | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Bobai | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Lingshan | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Pubei | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Qinzhou | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Beihai | 蟬謝, 吱喳蟲, 知了, 蟬蟲 | |
| Beihai (Nankang) | 蟬謝 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蟬謝 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟬謝 | |
| Ningming | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Hengxian | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Hezhou (Pumen) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蟬 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟬 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟬 | |
| Móng Cái | 蟬子, 蟬蟲 | |
| Mandalay (Taishan) | 蟬 | |
| Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蟬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 借落子 |
| Lichuan | 縈縈位 | |
| Pingxiang | 蟬仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟬仔, 呀衣仔, 呀衣 |
| Xingning | 謯𩑊哩 | |
| Dabu (Xihe) | 蟬仔 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 蟬 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 蟬 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蟬, 知焱 | |
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 蟬 | |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蟬子 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟬子 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 謯𩑊哩 | |
| Wengyuan | 蟬 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟬子 | |
| Liannan | 蟬 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 麻蟬 | |
| Luhe | 蟬 | |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蟬子 | |
| Changting | 呀衣 | |
| Yongding (Xiayang) | 蟬子 | |
| Wuping | 蟬子 | |
| Wuping (Zhongshan) | 蟬子 | |
| Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟬子 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 蟬子 | |
| Liancheng | 呀衣 | |
| Liancheng (Peitian) | 呀衣 | |
| Liancheng (Juxi) | 呀衣 | |
| Ninghua | 蟬蟬子 | |
| Yudu | 蟬子 | |
| Ruijin | 呀蟻子 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 蟬子 | |
| Tonggu (Sandu) | 蟬子 | |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) | 呀衣子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟬仔 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蟬仔 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟬仔 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟬, 䗊䗊依 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蟬仔 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟬 | |
| Hong Kong | 蟬, 知焱 | |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蟬 | |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蟬 | |
| Xinyi (Sihe) | 吱喳 | |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) | 蟬謝 | |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蟬子 | |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蟬謝 | |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蟬 | |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蟬 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蟬子 | |
| Beiliu (Tang'an) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Mashan (Pianlian) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蟬 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 蟬 | |
| Singkawang | 蟬 | |
| Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蜘蟬 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 知了 |
| Shexian | 唧搖搖, 唧了 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟬兒, 蟬, 秋蟬, 秋涼蟲 |
| Pingyao | 秋涼蟲兒 | |
| Yangyuan | 蟬 | |
| Datong | 蟬 | |
| Xinzhou | 蟬兒 | |
| Lishi | 蟬, 知了 | |
| Linfen | 蟬 | |
| Changzhi | 喔嚶嚓 | |
| Taibus (Baochang) | 蟬 | |
| Linhe | 蟬, 山叫螞子 | |
| Jining | 蟬 | |
| Hohhot | 蟬 | |
| Baotou | 蟬 | |
| Dongsheng | 蟬 | |
| Haibowan | 蟬 | |
| Erenhot | 蟬 | |
| Pingshan | 唧了兒 | |
| Zhangjiakou | 蟬, 知了兒 | |
| Handan | 蟬, 知了, 唧了兒 | |
| Linzhou | 唧了 | |
| Suide | 蟬 | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蟬蚱 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 阿蛦, 阿蛦母 |
| Changle | 阿蛦 | |
| Fuqing | 阿蛦 | |
| Yongtai | 阿蛦 | |
| Gutian | 喃喃吟 | |
| Fu'an | 蟬 | |
| Ningde | 蟬子哥 | |
| Shouning | 南蟬 | |
| Zhouning | 蟬 | |
| Fuding | 岩蟬 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Quanzhou | 洋飛獅 | |
| Jinjiang | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Yongchun | 蟬 | |
| Zhangzhou | 𧌄栱蟬 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 𧌄啡蟬 | |
| Zhangpu | 大蛚 | |
| Zhao'an | 蛦蚜, 𧌄蜅蟬仔 | |
| Dongshan | 蛦蚜 | |
| Taipei | 𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔 | |
| Taipei (Wanhua) | 蟬仔 | |
| New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 吱蟬 | |
| New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蟬 | |
| Kaohsiung | 𧌄蜅蠐仔, 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𧌄蜅蠐仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𧌄蜅蠐仔 | |
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蟬 | |
| Yilan | 蟬 | |
| Yilan (Toucheng) | 蟬 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 𧌄蜅蠐, 青吱仔 | |
| Taichung | 蟬, 蛣蛚 | |
| Taichung (Wuqi) | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Tainan | 𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔 | |
| Tainan (Anping) | 蟬仔 | |
| Taitung | 蟬 | |
| Hsinchu | 蟬蠳, 蛣蛚 | |
| Kinmen | 蟬仔, 大蛚, 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Penghu (Xiyu) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Datian | 蟬 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Pingnan (Sijie) | 吱喳 | |
| Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蟬 | |
| Yingde (Yuzui) | 蟬 | |
| Yunan (Liantan) | 蟬 | |
| Chaozhou | 藥蜅蟬 | |
| Shantou | 藥蜅蟬, 悲蟬, 唪嗄, 蟬 | |
| Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蟬 | |
| Jieyang | 藥蜅蟬, 𧌄蜅蟬, 悲蟬 | |
| Haifeng | 𧌄啡蟬 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 悲蟬 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟬 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 𧌄啡蟬 | |
| Leizhou | 𧋎螺 | |
| Haikou | 蟲娘 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蟬 |
| Min Zhong | Yong'an | 藏蠐 |
| Sanyuan | 噝噝叫 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Sanxiang | 蟬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 喳喇蟲, 吱喳蟲 |
| Nanning (Shajing) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Binyang (Xinqiao) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 時吠爺 |
| Guilin (Chaoyang) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 吱喳蟲 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 知了, 柴蟬 dated |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 知了 | |
| Suzhou | 知了, 洋師太 | |
| Danyang | 知吆, 洋知吆 | |
| Hangzhou | 知了兒 | |
| Ningbo | 蚱𧐖 | |
| Wenzhou | 知了 | |
| Jinhua | 嘰了 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蟬蛉子, 知了 |
| Loudi | 蟬蛉子 | |
| Shuangfeng | 蟬蛉子 | |
| Guanyang (Wenshi) | 吱喳蟲 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 蟬
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References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03682
Japanese
Shinjitai | 蝉 |
Kyūjitai | 蟬 |
Kanji
蟬
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝉)
- cicada
- continuous
Readings
- Go-on: ぜん (zen)
- Kan-on: せん (sen)
- Kun: せみ (semi, 蟬); せび (sebi, 蟬)
- Nanori: せみ (semi)
Korean
Hanja
蟬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
- cicada
Vietnamese
Han character
蟬: Hán Nôm readings: thiền
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