蟬
See also: 蝉
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Translingual
| Traditional | 蟬 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai (extended) |
蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |
Han character
蟬 (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: volume 4, page 2891, character 7
- Unihan data for U+87EC
Chinese
| trad. | 蟬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蝉 | |
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 |
| 啴 | |
| 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).
Pronunciation
Definitions
蟬
- cicada
- † a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing
- † cicada-shaped decoration
- † continuously; unendingly
Synonyms
| Dialectal synonyms of 蟬 (“cicada”) [map] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟬 | |
| Taxonomic name | 蟬 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 季鳥兒、馬季、伏天兒 |
| Taiwan | 蟬、知了 | |
| Jinan | 知了、稍錢兒、截了 | |
| Xi'an | 知了 | |
| Wuhan | 知丫、知衣、嗟哩、嗟林 | |
| Chengdu | 蟬子 | |
| Yangzhou | 嘰溜子 | |
| Hefei | 遮溜子、遮溜、遮遮子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟬、沙蟬 |
| Hong Kong | 蟬、沙蟬 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 借落子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟬仔、呀衣仔 |
| Huidong | 蟬 | |
| Qujiang | 蟬子 | |
| Changting | 呀衣 | |
| Pingyu | 蟬子 | |
| Wuping | 蟬子 | |
| Liancheng | 呀衣 | |
| Ninghua | 蟬蟬子 | |
| Ruijin | 呀蟻子 | |
| Shangyou | 蟬子 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟬仔 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 蟬仔 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 蟬仔 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 蟬、䗊䗊依 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 蟬仔 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 蟬 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟬兒、蟬、秋蟬 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 蟬蚱 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 阿蛦、阿蛦母 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Quanzhou | 洋飛獅 | |
| Zhangzhou | 𧌄栱蟬 | |
| Taipei | 𧌄蜅蠐、蟬仔 | |
| Kaohsiung | 𧌄蜅蠐仔 | |
| Tainan | 𧌄蜅蠐、蟬仔 | |
| Taichung | 蟬 | |
| Hsinchu | 蟬蠳、蛣蛚 | |
| Lukang | 𧌄蜅蠐、青吱仔 | |
| Sanxia | 吱蟬 | |
| Yilan | 蟬 | |
| Kinmen | 蟬仔、大蛚、𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Magong | 蟬、𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Penang | 𧌄蜅蠐 | |
| Chaozhou | 藥部蟬 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 知了 |
| Suzhou | 知了、洋師太 | |
| Wenzhou | 知了 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蟬蛉子 |
| Shuangfeng | 蟬蛉子 | |
References
Japanese
Kanji
蟬
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝉)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蟬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
Vietnamese
Han character
蟬 (thiền)
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