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蝉

蝉 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 15 strokes

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. せみ。分類学でカメムシ目セミ上科に分類される昆虫の、古来の総称。
  2. 言葉を続けること。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「蟬」の略体（單」→「単」の類推）。「蟬」については蟬#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cicada

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セン
  • ゼン
Kun (native)
  • せみ
Other languages
  • 拼音chan2
  • 한글seon
  • Hán-ViệtThiền
  • Hán-ViệtThuyền

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
虫(むし)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+8749

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰虫单

Words using this kanji

  • 蝉せみ（せみ）カメムシ目（半翅目）頸吻亜目セミ上科に分類される昆虫の総称。cicada, locust, small-sized pulley
  • 蝉声せんせい蝉の鳴き声。cicada singing
  • 蝉時雨せみしぐれoutburst of cicadas singing, chorus of cicadas
  • 蝉魴鮄セミホウボウOriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)
  • 蝉海老せみえびblunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
  • 蝉の羽月せみのはづきsixth lunar month

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-9
Four Corner
5615.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6d12.3
Heisig
2731
Nelson
4190