See also:
U+87EC, 蟬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EC

[U+87EB]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+87ED]

Translingual

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Traditional
Shinjitai
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Simplified

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 142, +12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口口十 (LIRRJ), four-corner 56156, composition )

References

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  • 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

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Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
   

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *djan) : semantic (insect) + phonetic (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • sen4 - vernacular;
  • cen2 - literary.
Note:
  • cǎng - vernacular;
  • ǐng - literary.
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
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂʰan³⁵/
    Harbin /ʈ͡ʂʰan²⁴/
    Tianjin /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴⁵/
    /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ʈ͡ʂʰã⁴²/
    Qingdao /tʃʰã⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴²/
    Xi'an /ʂã²⁴/
    Xining /ʈ͡ʂʰã²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ̃n⁵³/
    /ʂɛ̃n⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵¹/
    Wuhan /t͡sʰan²¹³/
    Chengdu /san³¹/
    Guiyang /san²¹/
    Kunming /ʈ͡ʂʰã̠³¹/
    Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂaŋ²⁴/
    Hefei /ʈ͡ʂʰæ̃⁵⁵/
    /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/
    Pingyao /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ¹³/
    Hohhot /t͡sʰæ̃³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /zø²³/
    Suzhou /zø¹³/
    Hangzhou /zz̩ʷõ²¹³/
    Wenzhou /ji³¹/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰie⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /ʂə̃¹³/
    /ɕyẽ¹³/
    Xiangtan /ɕyẽ¹²/
    Gan Nanchang
    Hakka Meixian /san¹¹/
    Taoyuan /ʃɑm¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /sim²¹/
    Nanning /sim²¹/
    Hong Kong /sim²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sian³⁵/
    /t͡sun³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sieŋ⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /iŋ²¹/
    /t͡saŋ²¹/
    Shantou (Teochew) /siam⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /sin³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (25)
    Final () (77)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter dzyen
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /d͡ʑiᴇn/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /d͡ʑiɛn/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /d͡ʑjæn/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /d͡ʑian/
    Li
    Rong
    /ʑiɛn/
    Wang
    Li
    /ʑĭɛn/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /ʑi̯ɛn/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    chán
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    sin4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    chán
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ dzyen ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*[d]a[r]/
    English cicada

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2028
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*djan/

    Definitions

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    1. cicada (Classifier: m c)
    2. (literary) a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing
    3. (literary) cicada-shaped decoration
    4. (literary) continuously; unendingly
        ―  chánlián  ―  to continue in a post; to win a title in successive years

    Synonyms

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    • (cicada):

    Compounds

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    References

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    Japanese

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    Shinjitai
    (extended)

    Kyūjitai

    Kanji

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    (Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

    1. cicada
    2. continuous

    Readings

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    • Go-on: ぜん (zen)
    • Kan-on: せん (sen)
    • Kun: せみ (semi, )せび (sebi, )
    • Nanori: せみ (semi)

    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (seon) (hangeul , revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

    1. cicada

    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    : Hán Nôm readings: thiền

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