Kanji details for 蝉
蝉
cicada
KUN:
- せみsemi
ON:
- センsen
- ゼンzen
Example words(showing 1-10 of 30 results)
noun
1.
cicada, locust
2.
small-sized pulley
Other readings:
蝉【せび】[2]
、蟬【せみ】[1]
、蟬【せび】[1][2]
、セミ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata), aburazemi(usually kana)
Other readings:
あぶらぜみ《鳴蜩》
、アブラゼミ
noun
•
annoying noise, fruitless argument, useless controversy(yojijukugo)
noun
1.
man of this world, the real world, temporal things
2.
cast-off cicada shell, cicada(only relevant for 空蝉 and 虚蝉)
Other readings:
空蝉【うつそみ】[1][2]
、虚蝉【うつせみ】[1]
、虚蝉【うつそみ】[1][2]
、現人【うつせみ】
、現人【うつそみ】[2]
、現人【うつしおみ】[2]
Notes:
- ateji (phonetic) reading
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
•
Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)(usually kana)
Other readings:
えぞぜみ《蝦夷蟬》[1]
、エゾゼミ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji