"蝉" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Chinese]

Etymology: Simplified from 蟬 (單 → 单). Etymology templates: {{Han simp|蟬|f=單|t=单}} Simplified from 蟬 (單 → 单)
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-蝉-zh-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): CJKV simplified characters

Character [Japanese]

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Extended shinjitai form of 蟬: cicada Tags: Hyōgai, extended, form-of, kanji, shinjitai Form of: (extra: cicada) Derived forms: 蝉海老 (semiebi) (ruby: (セミ), 海老(エビ)) (english: blunt slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus)), 蝉魴鮄 (semi-hōbō) (ruby: (セミ), 魴鮄(ホウボウ)) (english: Oriental flying gurnard), 川蝉 (kawasemi) (ruby: 川蝉(カワセミ)) (english: kingfisher), 寒蝉 (kansen), 寒蝉 (kanzen) (english: cicadas which sing in late autumn), 秋蝉 (shūsen) (ruby: 秋蝉(しゅうせん)) (english: cicadas that sing when autumn comes), 耳蝉 (mimizuku) (ruby: 耳蝉(ミミズク)) (english: eared leaf-hopper)
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-character-8Methi8x Categories (other): Japanese extended shinjitai kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese hyōgai kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 22 21 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 29 23 18 4 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 33 13 33 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 21 29 27 16 4 3

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [se̞mʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (せみ)), [canonical] (ruby: (セミ)), semi [romanization]
Etymology: /sen/ → */semu/ → /semi/ Ultimately from Middle Chinese 蟬 (MC dzyen). Compare 文 (fumi). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=せみ}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|蟬}} 蟬 (MC dzyen) Head templates: {{ja-noun|せみ|セミ}} 蝉(せみ) or 蝉(セミ) • (semi)
  1. generic name for a cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera); locust (chiefly US) Categories (lifeform): Cicadas
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-noun-yGTWTQe~ Disambiguation of Cicadas: 27 36 16 13 1 7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 22 21 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 29 23 18 4 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 33 13 33 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 21 29 27 16 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 22 29 22 17 4 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 39 32 24 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 32 24 5
  2. the back part a 横笛 (yokobue, “Japanese transverse flute”), about one centimeter from the embouchure hole, usually shaped like a cicada Synonyms (flute part): 蝉口 蝉本 (semimoto) (ruby: 蝉口(せみぐち), 蝉本(せみもと))
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-noun-ersDV6VR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 22 21 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 29 23 18 4 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 33 13 33 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 21 29 27 16 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 32 24 5 Disambiguation of 'flute part': 23 55 11 10
  3. a small pulley used to raise objects to high places
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-noun-QyIik86H Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 24 26 22 21 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 21 29 23 18 4 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 21 29 27 16 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 39 32 24 5
  4. (by extension) a pulley used to lift sails in a 和船 (wasen, “Japanese-style ship”) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-noun-R6moa89V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 飛蝗 (batta) (ruby: 飛蝗(バッタ)) (english: locust, grasshopper)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 蝉の羽月 (semi no hazuki) (ruby: (せみ), (), (づき)) (english: sixth lunar month), 蝉時雨 (semi-shigure) (ruby: (せみ), 時雨(しぐれ)) (english: outburst of cicadas singing), 秋蝉 (akizemi) (ruby: 秋蝉(あきぜみ)) (english: cicadas that sing when autumn comes), 秋の蝉 (aki no semi) (ruby: (あき), (せみ)) (english: cicadas that sing even in autumn), 油蝉, 鳴蜩 (aburazemi), 空蝉, 虚蝉 (utsusemi), 蝦夷蝉 (ruby: 蝦夷(エゾ), (セミ)) (taxonomic: Ezo semi), 唖蝉 (oshizemi) (ruby: 唖蝉(オシゼミ)), 寒蝉 (kanzemi) (ruby: 寒蝉(かんぜみ)) (english: cicadas which sing in late autumn), 熊蝉 (kumazemi) (ruby: 熊蝉(クマゼミ)), 角蝉 (tsunozemi) (ruby: 角蝉(ツノゼミ)), 夏蝉 (natsuzemi) (ruby: 夏蝉(なつぜみ)) (english: summer cicadas), 春蝉 (haruzemi) (ruby: 春蝉(ハルゼミ)), 法師蝉 (hōshi-zemi) (ruby: (ホウ), (), (ゼミ)), 松蝉 (matsuzemi) (ruby: 松蝉(まつぜみ)) (english: cicada abundant in late spring), みんみん蝉, 蛁蟟 (minmin-zemi), にいにい蝉 (niinii-zemi) (ruby: (ゼミ)), 夕蝉 (yūzemi) (ruby: 夕蝉(ゆうぜみ)) (english: cicada singing at dusk)

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [se̞bʲi] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (せび)), sebi [romanization]
Etymology: /semi/ ⇔ /sebi/ A shift from semi above. Bilabial nasal /m/ becomes bilabial plosive /b/. Appears in the Shinsen Jikyō. Head templates: {{ja-noun|せび}} 蝉(せび) • (sebi)
  1. Synonym of 蝉 (semi, “cicada”) Synonyms: [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-蝉-ja-noun-XmOWTlxi Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character [Translingual]

  1. 蝉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8 in Chinese, 虫+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 中戈金田十 (LICWJ), four-corner 5815₆, composition ⿰虫单(G) or ⿰虫単(J)) Wikipedia link: Extended shinjitai, Han unification, Shinjitai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
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          "english": "blunt slipper lobster (Scyllarides squammosus)",
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          "word": "蝉"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[se̞bʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Extended shinjitai",
    "Shinsen Jikyō"
  ],
  "word": "蝉"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ja:Cicadas"
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Han char with multiple ids",
        "Han script characters",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual symbols",
        "Translingual terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
        "Translingual terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "蝉 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+8 in Chinese, 虫+9 in Japanese, 14 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 中戈金田十 (LICWJ), four-corner 5815₆, composition ⿰虫单(G) or ⿰虫単(J))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kangxi radical",
          "Kangxi radical"
        ],
        [
          "虫",
          "虫#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "单",
          "单#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "単",
          "単#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "han"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Extended shinjitai",
        "Han unification",
        "Shinjitai",
        "Simplified Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "蝉"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 蝉 meaning in All languages combined (9.6kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "蝉"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "蝉",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "蝉"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "蝉",
  "trace": ""
}

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