蝉
Readings
Kana:
セン、ゼン、せみ
Romaji:
sen, zen, semi
Meaning
cicada
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
10
Radical Number:
142
Frequency:
Grade:
Skip Pattern:
1-6-9
Korean Reading:
seon
Chinese Reading:
chan2
Unicode:
8749
JIS:
4066
Indexes
Nelson Index: 4190
New Nelson Index: 5349
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d12.3
Four Corner Index: 5615.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33616
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0092
Remembering the kanji Index: 2692
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2731
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1774
Words
蝉
(せみ、せび、セミ)
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
にいにい蝉
(にいにいぜみ)
Kaempfer cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)
油蝉
(あぶらぜみ、アブラゼミ)
large brown cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata); aburazemi
蝉時雨
(せみしぐれ)
outburst of cicadas singing
松蝉
(まつぜみ)
cicada abundant in late spring
空蝉
(うつせみ、うつそみ、うつしおみ)
man of this world; the real world; temporal things; cast-off cicada shell; cicada
みんみん蝉
(みんみんぜみ、ミンミンゼミ)
robust cicada (Oncotympana maculaticollis); mingming cicada
川蝉
(かわせみ、ひすい、しょうびん、カワセミ)
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis); jade (gem); beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers
笑い川蝉
(わらいかわせみ、ワライカワセミ)
laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
角蝉
(つのぜみ、ツノゼミ)
treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)