蜩

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蜩	U+8729, 蜩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8729

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

蜩 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 中戈月土口 (LIBGR), four-corner 5712₀, composition ⿰虫周)

cicada, broad locust

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1086, character 23
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33166
Dae Jaweon: page 1553, character 26
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2865, character 2
Unihan data for U+8729

Chinese

trad.		蜩
simp. ^#		蜩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (周) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
裯	tuːw, dɯw, *do
啁	tuːw, rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂	*tuːwʔ
綢	tʰuːw, dɯw
翢	tʰuːw, duːw
錭	*duːw
雕	*tɯːw
凋	*tɯːw
琱	*tɯːw
鯛	*tɯːw
鵰	*tɯːw
彫	*tɯːw
奝	*tɯːw
調	dɯːw, dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩	*dɯːw
惆	*tʰɯw
婤	tʰɯw, tjɯw
稠	*dɯw
椆	dɯw, tjɯws
周	*tjɯw
輖	*tjɯw
賙	*tjɯw
郮	*tjɯw
晭	*tjɯwʔ
倜	*tʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáo (tiao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²
  - Yale: tyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyau
  - Palladius: тяо (tjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: tiu⁴
  - Yale: tìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹/

Middle Chinese: dew

Rime
Character	蜩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	徒聊切
Baxter	dew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/deu/
Pan Wuyun	/deu/
Shao Rongfen	/deu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dɛw/
Li Rong	/deu/
Wang Li	/dieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tiáo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tiu⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*dɯːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蜩
Reading #	1/1
No.	17521
Phonetic component	周
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	迢
Old Chinese	/*dɯːw/

Definitions

蜩

(archaic) cicada

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diào
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
  - Yale: dyàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
  - Palladius: дяо (djao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

蜩

Only used in 蜩蟉.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 蜩

蜩

(Hyōgai kanji)

clear-toned cicada

Readings

Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
Kun: ひぐらし (higurashi, 蜩)、せみ (semi, 蜩)、かなかな (kanakana, 蜩)

Compounds

茅蜩(ひぐらし) (higurashi), 茅蜩(ぼうちょう) (bōchō, “evening cicada”)

Etymology 1

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

ヒグラシ

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tanna japonensis

Kanji in this term
蜩
ひぐらし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

From 日暮らし (higurashi, “all day”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

茅蜩, 晩蝉

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひぐらし (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

蜩(ひぐらし) or 蜩(ヒグラシ) • (higurashi)

the evening cicada, Tanna japonensis
Synonym: 茅蜩 (bōchō)

Hypernym: 蝉 (semi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜩
かなかな Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かなかな (Heiban – )^[1]
(Tokyo) かなかな (Odaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

蜩(かなかな) or 蜩(カナカナ) • (kanakana)

the evening cicada, Tanna japonensis

See also

寒蝉(かんせみ) (kansemi), 寒蝉(かんせん) (kansen)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

蜩 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

cicada
broad locust

Wikious

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