蝉 — kanji meaning “cicada”
蝉
cicada
- Meanings
- cicada
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)、ゼン (zen)
- Kun'yomi
- せみ
- Strokes
- 15
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- chán — Chinese character page
Words with 蝉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空蝉 | うつせみ utsusemi | this fleeting world; this transient life; this world |
| 蝉時雨 | せみしぐれ semishigure | outburst of cicadas singing; chorus of cicadas |
| 夏蝉 | なつぜみ natsuzemi | summer cicadas |
| 油蝉 | あぶらぜみ aburazemi | large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi |
| 松蝉 | まつぜみ matsuzemi | cicada abundant in late spring |
| 唖蝉 | おしぜみ oshizemi | voiceless cicada (female); Asian cicada |
| 笑い川蝉 | わらいかわせみ waraikawasemi | laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) |
| 蛙鳴蝉噪 | あめいせんそう ameisensou | annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy |
| 角蝉 | つのぜみ tsunozemi | treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes) |
| 姫春蝉 | ひめはるぜみ himeharuzemi | Euterpnosia chibensis (species of cicada) |
| 蝉魴鮄 | せみほうぼう semihoubou | Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis) |
| 寒蝉 | かんぜみ kanzemi | cicadas which sing in late autumn |
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