蜩

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蜩 U+8729, 蜩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8729
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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)

  1. 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

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/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/dʱieu/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		tiáo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		tiu4
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

  1. (archaic) cicada

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

蜩

  1. Only used in 蜩蟉.

Japanese

Kanji

蜩

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. clear-toned cicada

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

 ヒグラシ on Japanese Wikipedia
 Tanna japonensis on Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
蜩
ひぐらし
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
茅蜩
晩蝉

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

Pronunciation

Noun

蜩(ひぐらし) or 蜩(ヒグラシ) • (higurashi) 

  1. 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

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

蜩(かなかな) or 蜩(カナカナ) • (kanakana) 

  1. the evening cicada, Tanna japonensis

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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)

  1. cicada
  2. broad locust
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