What does kanji 蝉 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 蝉 is cicada.

How is kanji 蝉 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 蝉 are せみ; the onyomi readings are セン, ゼン.

What words use kanji 蝉?

Example words that use kanji 蝉 include 蝉, 蝉の羽月, 蝉海老, 蝉時雨.

Pre-Level 1

蝉

Meaning

Kanji 蝉

cicada

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: せみ
Onyomi 音読み: センゼン
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 蟬 (Formal)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 15
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Pre-Level 1
Similar Kanji: 戦 • 禅 • 弾 • 箪 • 褝 • 単 • 惮

Related vocabulary

21 common entries

Showing 21 of 32 entries that include this kanji.

蝉

せみ

small-sized pulley

蝉の羽月

せみのはづき

sixth lunar month

蝉海老

せみえび

blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)

蝉時雨

せみしぐれ

outburst of cicadas singing

蝉声

せんせい

cicada singing

蝉魴鮄

せみほうぼう

Oriental flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis)

にいにい蝉

にいにいぜみ

Kaempfer cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)

唖蝉

おしぜみ

voiceless cicada (female)

夏蝉

なつぜみ

summer cicadas

蝦夷蝉

えぞぜみ

Lyristes japonicus (species of cicada)

角蝉

つのぜみ

treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)

寒蝉

かんぜみ

cicadas which sing in late autumn

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

夏になると蝉の声が聞こえる。

When summer comes, you can hear cicadas.

木に蝉がとまっている。

A cicada is perched on the tree.

朝から蝉がずっと鳴いている。

The cicadas have been chirping since morning.

蝉の抜け殻を見つけた。

I found a cicada shell.

子どもたちは蝉を追いかけていた。

The children were chasing cicadas.