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蟬 — 18 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

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On
セン・ゼンせん・ぜん · sen · zen
Kun
せみsemi
Meaning
cicada

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 單 as phonetic: the cicada that sings in summer.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蟬せみ

    cicada

  • 蟬時雨せみしぐれ

    chorus of cicadas

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

山道(さんどう)は蟬時雨(せみしぐれ)に包(つつ)まれていた。

The mountain path was wrapped in the din of cicadas.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

蟬時雨蟬時雨蟬時time雨rain虻horsef…蚤flea蛋egg蛛spider蛤hard…亘extend…舛go aga…尖pointe…苫rush…茜madder
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Compound

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