# 蜩

| 蜩 | U+8729, &#34601; 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 5712$_0$, composition ⿰虫周)
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (tiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tiáo
*** Wade–Giles: tʻiao$^2$
*** Yale: tyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyau
*** Palladius: тяо (tjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tiu$^4$
*** Yale: tìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tiu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰiːu̯²¹/
* 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 | tiu$^4$ |
* 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
* (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 (diao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: diào
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: diào
*** Wade–Giles: tiao$^4$
*** Yale: dyàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw
*** Palladius: дяо (djao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

### Definitions

蜩
* Only used in 蜩蟉.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* clear-toned cicada

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: ちょう (chō)
* 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: [çiɡɯ̟ɾa̠ɕi]

#### Noun

蜩(ひぐらし) or 蜩(ヒグラシ) • (higurashi)
* 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: [ka̠na̠ka̠na̠]

#### Noun

蜩(かなかな) or 蜩(カナカナ) • (kanakana)
* the evening cicada, Tanna japonensis

### See also

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

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

蜩 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
* cicada
* broad locust