Translingual
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 Dictionary: 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
Glyph origin
|
|
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／形声, 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
Lua error in Module:wuu-pron at line 195: Incorrect tone notation "3" for sh. See WT:AZH/Wu.
Definitions
(deprecated template usage) 蟬
- cicada (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- (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
Dialectal synonyms of
蟬 (“cicada”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
蟬, 蜩
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
蟬
|
| Taxonomic name
|
蟬
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
季鳥兒, 馬季, 伏天兒, 自拉子
|
| Taiwan
|
蟬, 知了
|
| Langfang
|
知了兒
|
| Chengde
|
知了兒
|
| Ulanhot
|
蟬
|
| Tongliao
|
蟬
|
| Chifeng
|
蟬, 知了兒
|
| 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
|
| Jinzhou
|
蟬, 知了兒, 伏涼兒
|
| Singapore
|
蟬
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
唧了兒
|
| 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
|
| Lijin
|
消息
|
| Jinan
|
知了, 稍錢兒, 截了
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dandong
|
知了
|
| Yantai
|
截溜兒
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
遮了兒
|
| Qingdao
|
截溜
|
| Zhucheng
|
截溜
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
馬即了兒
|
| Lingbao
|
知老兒
|
| Jining
|
姐了
|
| Daming
|
馬即了兒
|
| Wanrong
|
吱嘮嘮, 蟬
|
| Linfen
|
蟬
|
| Shangqiu
|
蟬, 唧了子, 唧了
|
| Yuanyang
|
蟬, 知了兒
|
| Zhengzhou
|
麥知了
|
| Xinyang
|
馬唧了兒
|
| Baihe
|
知拉子
|
| Xi'an
|
知了, 知了兒
|
| Baoji
|
蟬, 知了
|
| Tianshui
|
蟬
|
| Xining
|
蟬
|
| Xuzhou
|
蛈蛚, 蟬
|
| Fuyang
|
蟬, 即了子
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
秋蟬, 知了兒
|
| Bayanhot
|
蟬
|
| Lanzhou
|
蟬, 秋蟬
|
| Dunhuang
|
蟬
|
| Hami
|
蟬
|
| Ürümqi
|
蟬
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
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
|
| 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
|
| 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
|
| Hanzhong
|
蟬, 知了子
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
知了, 周了, 周流, 齋流
|
| Yangzhou
|
唧了子
|
| Lianyungang
|
姐溜, 剪溜, 熱死
|
| Lianshui
|
唧了
|
| Nantong
|
姐溜
|
| Anqing
|
遮娘子
|
| Wuhu
|
遮溜子
|
| Hefei
|
蟬, 知了, 遮溜子, 遮溜, 遮遮子
|
| Hong'an
|
蟬, 蠽如子
|
| 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
|
| Zhongshan (Huancheng)
|
秋蟬, 蟬
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang)
|
秋蟬, 蟬
|
| Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Henglan)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Nantou)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Fusha)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Shalang)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Gangkou)
|
吱, 吱吱
|
| Zhongshan (Huangpu)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
|
螂蛉
|
| Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Minzhong)
|
吱吱, 吱
|
| Zhongshan (Guzhen)
|
蟬
|
| Zhongshan (Banfu)
|
蟬
|
| Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
|
蟬
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
青蟬
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
|
| Hengzhou
|
吱喳蟲
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
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
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
麻蟬
|
| Luhe
|
蟬
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
蟬子
|
| Changting
|
呀衣
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
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
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
蟬, 知了
|
| 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
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
蟬蚱
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
阿蛦, 阿蛦母
|
| Fuzhou (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
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
𧌄蜅蠐
|
| Quanzhou
|
洋飛獅
|
| Jinjiang
|
𧌄蜅蠐
|
| Hui'an
|
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, 奄蠐
|
| Haikou
|
蟲娘
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
蟬
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
藏蠐
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
噝噝叫
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (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, 野胡知
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
知了
|
| Suzhou
|
知了, 洋師太, 藥師太
|
| 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
Lua error in Module:zh/templates at line 27: This template has been deprecated. Please use Template:col3 instead.
References
(deprecated template usage)
Japanese
Kanji
蟬
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝉)
- cicada
- continuous
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蟬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
- cicada
Vietnamese
Han character
蟬: Hán Nôm readings: thiền
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
{{rfdef}}.
