蟬
See also: 蝉
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Translingual
| Traditional | 蟬 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai (extended) |
蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |
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
| trad. | 蟬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蝉 | |
| alternative forms | 蟺 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 蟬 | |
|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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 |
| 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
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): sim4 / sin4
- Gan (Wiktionary): sen4 / cen2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): can1
- Northern Min (KCR): cǎng / ǐng
- Eastern Min (BUC): sièng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zoe
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyenn2 / shenn2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: chán
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chán
- Wade–Giles: chʻan2
- Yale: chán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
- Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: san2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san
- Sinological IPA (key): /san²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sim4 / sin4
- Yale: sìhm / sìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sim4 / sin4
- Guangdong Romanization: xim4 / xin4
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
Note:
- sen4 - vernacular;
- cen2 - literary.
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàm
- Hakka Romanization System: samˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sam2
- Sinological IPA: /sam¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhàm
- Hakka Romanization System: camˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: cam2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰam¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: sham
- Sinological IPA: /ʃam⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: sam2
- Sinological IPA: /sam¹¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Jin
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cǎng / ǐng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡saŋ²¹/, /iŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
Note:
- cǎng - vernacular;
- ǐng - literary.
- Eastern Min
- Puxian Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Yongchun)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siân
- Tâi-lô: siân
- Phofsit Daibuun: sieen
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Yongchun): /siɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûn
- Tâi-lô: tsûn
- Phofsit Daibuun: zuun
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sun¹³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm
- Tâi-lô: siâm
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaam
- IPA (Quanzhou): /siam²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Yongchun)
Note:
- Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
- siân - literary;
- chûn - vernacular.
- Quanzhou:
- siân - literary;
- siâm - colloquial variant.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: siam5 / siang5 / siêng5 / sung5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siâm / siâng / siêng / sûng
- Sinological IPA (key): /siam⁵⁵/, /siaŋ⁵⁵/, /sieŋ⁵⁵/, /suŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
- siam5/siang5/siêng5 - literary;
- sung5 - vernacular.
Note:
- xyenn2 - vernacular;
- shenn2 - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: dzyen
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]a[r]/
- (Zhengzhang): /*djan/
Definitions
蟬
- cicada (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
- 飲而不食者，蟬也；不飲不食者，蜉蝣也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
- Yǐn ér bùshí zhě, chán yě; bùyǐn bùshí zhě, fúyóu yě. [Pinyin]
- That which drinks but does not eat is the cicada. That which neither drinks nor eats is the mayfly.
饮而不食者，蝉也；不饮不食者，蜉蝣也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
- (literary) a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing
- (literary) cicada-shaped decoration
- (literary) continuously; unendingly
Synonyms
- (cicada):
Dialectal synonyms of 蟬 (“cicada”) [map]
Compounds
- 今蟬蛻殼 / 今蝉蜕壳
- 仗馬寒蟬 / 仗马寒蝉
- 佩蟬 / 佩蝉
- 冠蟬 / 冠蝉
- 合蟬 / 合蝉
- 哀蟬曲 / 哀蝉曲
- 唅蟬 / 唅蝉
- 啞蟬 / 哑蝉
- 喑蟬 / 喑蝉
- 噤若寒蟬 / 噤若寒蝉 (jìnruòhánchán)
- 夜飛蟬 / 夜飞蝉
- 婉蟬 / 婉蝉
- 嬌蟬 / 娇蝉
- 孟家蟬 / 孟家蝉
- 寒蟬 / 寒蝉 (hánchán)
- 寒蟬仗馬 / 寒蝉仗马
- 寒蟬僵鳥 / 寒蝉僵鸟
- 御蟬香 / 御蝉香
- 掩雀捕蟬 / 掩雀捕蝉
- 新蟬 / 新蝉
- 枯蟬 / 枯蝉
- 槐蟬 / 槐蝉
- 殘蟬 / 残蝉
- 涼蟬 / 凉蝉
- 燿蟬 / 耀蝉
- 爚蟬 / 爚蝉
- 玄武蟬 / 玄武蝉
- 玄蟬 / 玄蝉
- 玉翼蟬娟 / 玉翼蝉娟
- 玉蟬 / 玉蝉
- 玉蟬花 / 玉蝉花
- 玳瑁蟬 / 玳瑁蝉
- 瘖蟬 / 瘖蝉
- 白玉蟬 / 白玉蝉
- 秋蟬 / 秋蝉
- 翠蟬 / 翠蝉
- 耀蟬 / 耀蝉
- 聯蟬 / 联蝉
- 脫殼金蟬 / 脱壳金蝉
- 自同寒蟬 / 自同寒蝉
- 葉蟬 / 叶蝉
- 藥蜅蟬 / 药蜅蝉
- 蚱蟬 / 蚱蝉 (zhàchán)
- 蛙鳴蟬噪 / 蛙鸣蝉噪
- 蛻蟬 / 蜕蝉
- 𧌄栱蟬 / 𧌄栱蝉
- 蜩蟬 / 蜩蝉
- 蜿蟬 / 蜿蝉
- 螳螂搏蟬 / 螳螂搏蝉
- 蟬不知雪 / 蝉不知雪
- 蟬仔 / 蝉仔
- 蟬佩 / 蝉佩
- 蟬冕 / 蝉冕
- 蟬冠 / 蝉冠 (chánguān)
- 蟬冠豸繡 / 蝉冠豸绣
- 蟬化 / 蝉化
- 蟬匷 / 蝉匷
- 蟬吟 / 蝉吟
- 蟬唱 / 蝉唱
- 蟬啼 / 蝉啼
- 蟬喘雷乾 / 蝉喘雷干
- 蟬嘒 / 蝉嘒
- 蟬嘶 / 蝉嘶
- 蟬噪 / 蝉噪
- 蟬娟 / 蝉娟 (chánjuān)
- 蟬媛 / 蝉媛
- 蟬嫣 / 蝉嫣
- 蟬子 / 蝉子 (chánzi)
- 蟬弁 / 蝉弁
- 蟬急 / 蝉急
- 蟬攫 / 蝉攫
- 蟬槐 / 蝉槐
- 蟬機 / 蝉机
- 蟬殼 / 蝉壳
- 蟬清 / 蝉清
- 蟬焉 / 蝉焉
- 蟬珥 / 蝉珥
- 蟬紋 / 蝉纹
- 蟬紗 / 蝉纱
- 蟬組 / 蝉组
- 蟬紫 / 蝉紫
- 蟬緌 / 蝉𮉫
- 蟬緌蟹匡 / 蝉𮉫蟹匡
- 蟬翅 / 蝉翅
- 蟬翅搨 / 蝉翅拓
- 蟬翼 / 蝉翼 (chányì)
- 蟬翼扇 / 蝉翼扇
- 蟬翼本 / 蝉翼本
- 蟬翼法 / 蝉翼法
- 蟬翼紗 / 蝉翼纱
- 蟬翼羅 / 蝉翼罗
- 蟬聯 / 蝉联 (chánlián)
- 蟬聯往復 / 蝉联往复
- 蟬聯蠶緒 / 蝉联蚕绪
- 蟬腹 / 蝉腹
- 蟬腹膪腸 / 蝉腹膪肠
- 蟬腹龜腸 / 蝉腹龟肠
- 蟬花 / 蝉花
- 蟬蛇 / 蝉蛇
- 蟬蜍 / 蝉蜍
- 蟬蜎 / 蝉蜎
- 蟬蜕
- 蟬蛻 / 蝉蜕 (chántuì)
- 蟬蛻蛇解 / 蝉蜕蛇解
- 蟬蛻龍變 / 蝉蜕龙变
- 蟬蜩 / 蝉蜩
- 蟬衣 / 蝉衣 (chányī)
- 蟬衫麟帶 / 蝉衫麟带
- 蟬貂 / 蝉貂
- 蟬連 / 蝉连 (chánlián)
- 蟬露 / 蝉露
- 蟬靈子 / 蝉灵子
- 蟬韻 / 蝉韵
- 蟬飲 / 蝉饮
- 蟬鬟 / 蝉鬟
- 蟬鬢 / 蝉鬓
- 蟬鳥 / 蝉鸟
- 蟬鳴稻 / 蝉鸣稻
- 蟬鳴黍 / 蝉鸣黍
- 蟹匡蟬緌 / 蟹匡蝉𮉫
- 貂蟬 / 貂蝉 (Diāochán)
- 貂蟬冠 / 貂蝉冠
- 軟枝黃蟬 / 软枝黄蝉
- 輕蟬 / 轻蝉
- 連蟬冠 / 连蝉冠
- 連蟬錦 / 连蝉锦
- 郝蟬 / 郝蝉
- 郤蟬草 / 郤蝉草
- 金蟬 / 金蝉 (jīnchán)
- 金蟬脫殼 / 金蝉脱壳
- 金蟬計 / 金蝉计
- 鈿蟬 / 钿蝉
- 銀蟬 / 银蝉
- 銜蟬 / 衔蝉
- 銜蟬奴 / 衔蝉奴
- 附蟬 / 附蝉
- 露蛬風蟬 / 露蛬风蝉
- 青蟬 / 青蝉
- 飛蟬 / 飞蝉
- 香蟬 / 香蝉
- 馬蟬 / 马蝉
- 高蟬 / 高蝉
- 鬢蟬 / 鬓蝉
- 鳴蟬 / 鸣蝉
- 鴉蟬 / 鸦蝉
- 鴉鬟蟬鬄 / 鸦鬟蝉鬄
- 黃金蟬 / 黄金蝉
- 黃雀伺蟬 / 黄雀伺蝉
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03682
- “蟬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “蝉”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 215.
Japanese
| 蝉 | |
| 蟬 |
Kanji
蟬
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝉)
Readings
Korean
Hanja
蟬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
Vietnamese
Han character
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