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蜩 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
チョウちょう · chō
Kun
ひぐらし・せみhigurashi · semi
Meaning
an evening cicada

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 周 as phonetic: the cicada that sings at dusk.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蜩ひぐらし

    an evening cicada

  • 蝉せみ

    a cicada

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蜩の声(こえ)が夕暮(ゆうぐ)れに響(ひび)く。

The cicada’s voice rings out at dusk.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蜩蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…仗arms疔a deep…沾to moi…佻frivol…迢far of…
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