蜩

蜩 U+8729, 蜩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8729 ← 蜨 [U+8728] CJK Unified Ideographs 蜪 → [U+872A]

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiáo (tiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiáo
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao²
    • Yale: tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyau
    • Palladius: тяо (tjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tiu⁴
    • Yale: tìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dew

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

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*dɯːw/

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

• 寒蜩
• 承蜩
• 茅蜩
• 蜩沸
• 蜩甲
• 蜩螗沸羹
• 螗蜩
• 鳴蜩 / 鸣蜩

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào (diao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴
    • Yale: dyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
    • Palladius: дяо (djao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

蜩

1. Only used in 蜩蟉.

Japanese

Kanji

蜩

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. clear-toned cicada

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←でう (deu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: ひぐらし (higurashi, 蜩)、せみ (semi, 蜩)、かなかな (kanakana, 蜩)

Compounds

• 茅蜩(ひぐらし) (higurashi), 茅蜩(ぼうちょう) (bōchō, “evening cicada”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜩
ひぐらし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
茅蜩 晩蝉 晩蟬 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひぐらし [hìgúráshí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çiɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

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

• (Tokyo) かなかな [kànákáná] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) かなかな [kànákánáꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠ka̠na̠]

Noun

蜩(かなかな) or 蜩(カナカナ) • (kanakana) 

1. the evening cicada, Tanna japonensis

See also

• 寒蝉(かんせみ) (kansemi), 寒蝉(かんせん) (kansen)

Korean

Hanja

蜩 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

1. cicada
2. broad locust