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蟬
蟬
See also: 蝉
Translingual
| Traditional | 蟬 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |
Han character
蟬 (radical 142 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口口十 (LIRRJ), four-corner 56156, composition ⿰虫單)
References
- KangXi: page 1097, character 31
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33616
- Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2891, character 7
- Unihan data for U+87EC
Chinese
| trad. | 蟬 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 蝉 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
- Wade-Giles: ch'an2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanr
- IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: sim4, sin4
- Yale: sìhm, sìhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: sim4, sin4
- IPA (key): /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sàm
- Hakka Romanization System: samˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sam2
- IPA: /sam¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâm / siân
- Tâi-lô: siâm / siân
- Phofsit Daibuun: siaam, sieen
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiam²⁴/, /ɕiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiam²⁴/, /ɕiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiam¹³/, /ɕiɛn¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiam²⁴/, /ɕiɛn²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiam²³/, /ɕiɛn²³/
- (Hokkien)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 蟬 |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰan³⁵/ |
| Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰan²⁴/ | |
| Tianjin |
/ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/ |
|
| Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰã⁴²/ | |
| Qingdao | /tʃʰã⁵⁵/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴²/ | |
| Xi'an | /ʂã²⁴/ | |
| Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰã²⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵³/ | |
| Lanzhou |
/ʈ͡ʂʰɛ̃n⁵³/ /ʂɛ̃n⁵³/ |
|
| Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵¹/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡sʰan²¹³/ | |
| Chengdu | /san³¹/ | |
| Guiyang | /san²¹/ | |
| Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰã̠³¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂaŋ²⁴/ | |
| Hefei |
/ʈ͡ʂʰæ̃⁵⁵/ /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/ |
|
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡sʰæ̃³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Suzhou | /zø¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /zz̩ʷõ²¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /ji³¹/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰie⁴⁴/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/ʂə̃¹³/ /ɕyẽ¹³/ |
| Xiangtan | /ɕyẽ¹²/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /san¹¹/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʃɑm¹¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sim²¹/ |
| Nanning | /sim²¹/ | |
| Hong Kong | /sim²¹/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/sian³⁵/ /t͡sun³⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /sieŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) |
/iŋ²¹/ /t͡saŋ²¹/ |
|
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /siam⁵⁵/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /sin³¹/ |
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蟬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 仙 (77) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市連切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/d͡ʑiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/d͡ʑiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/d͡ʑjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/d͡ʑian/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʑiɛn/ |
| Wang Li |
/ʑĭɛn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʑi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
chán |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蟬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
chán |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ dzyen › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[d]a[r]/ |
| English | cicada |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 蟬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2028 |
| Phonetic component |
單 |
| Rime group |
元 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
鋋 |
| Old Chinese |
/*djan/ |
Definitions
蟬
- Cicada.
- In ancient times, a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing.
- A cicada-shaped decoration.
- Continuously and unendingly.
References
Vietnamese
Han character
蟬 (thiền)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 蟬
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|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (單) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 嚲 | *taːlʔ |
| 癉 | *taːlʔ, *taːls, *taːn, *daːn |
| 奲 | *taːlʔ, *tʰjaːlʔ |
| 驒 | *daːl, *daːn, *teːn |
| 鼉 | *daːl |
| 磾 | *teːl |
| 鷤 | *deːl, *deːls, *daːn |
| 觶 | *tjal, *tjals |
| 單 | *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans |
| 鄲 | *taːn |
| 殫 | *taːn |
| 簞 | *taːn |
| 匰 | *taːn |
| 襌 | *taːn |
| 啴 | *tʰaːn |
| 彈 | *daːn, *daːns |
| 貚 | *daːn, *deːn |
| 撣 | *daːn, *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan, *taːnʔ |
| 潬 | *daːnʔ |
| 僤 | *daːnʔ, *daːns, *djan |
| 憚 | *daːns |
| 樿 | *tjanʔ |
| 燀 | *tjanʔ, *tʰjan, *tʰjanʔ |
| 戰 | *tjans |
| 闡 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 繟 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 幝 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 嘽 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |