# 蟬

| 蟬 | U+87EC, &#34796; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87EC |
| ← 蟫 [U+87EB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟭 → [U+87ED] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 蟬 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 蝉 |
| Simplified | 蝉 |

### Han character

蟬 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 中戈口口十 (LIRRJ), four-corner 5615$_6$, composition ⿰虫單)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1097, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33616
* Dae Jaweon: page 1562, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2891, character 7
* Unihan data for U+87EC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟬 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | 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 |
| 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 | *tʰaːn, *tʰjanʔ |
| 灛 | *tʰjanʔ |
| 蟬 | *djan |
| 禪 | *djan, *djans |
| 嬋 | *djan |
| 墠 | *djanʔ |
| 鱓 | *djanʔ |
| 蕇 | *teːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djan): semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 單 (OC *taːn, *djan, *djanʔ, *djans).

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chán (chan$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): sen$^4$ / cen$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sàm / chhàm
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sam$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): can$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): cǎng / ǐng
* Eastern Min (BUC): sièng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siân / chûn / siâm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siam$^5$ / siang$^5$ / siêng$^5$ / sung$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xyenn$^2$ / shenn$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chán
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄢˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chán
*** Wade–Giles: chʻan$^2$
*** Yale: chán
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charn
*** Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: san$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san
*** Sinological IPA : /san²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
*** Yale: sìhm / sìhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sim$^4$ / sin$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xim$^4$ / xin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːm²¹/, /siːn²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^4$ / cen$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛn³⁵/, /t͡sʰɛn²⁴/
* sen4 - vernacular;
* cen2 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蟬 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰan³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰan²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰan⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʃʰã⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰã²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰɛ̃n⁵³/ /ʂɛ̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /san³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /san²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂaŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰæ̃⁵⁵/ /ʈ͡ʂʰən⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰæ̃¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰæ̃³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zø²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zø¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zz̩ʷõ²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ji³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰie⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰɔn⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂə̃¹³/ /ɕyẽ¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕyẽ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /san¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃɑm¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sim²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sim²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sim²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sian³⁵/ /t͡sun³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sieŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /iŋ²¹/ /t͡saŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siam⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sin³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: dzyen
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 |
| Baxter | dzyen |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑiᴇn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɛn/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑjæn/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑian/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɛn/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭɛn/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯ɛn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chán |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sin$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]a[r]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*djan/
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; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
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 (Classifier: 隻／只 m c)
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Yǐn ér bùshí zhě, chán yě; bùyǐn bùshí zhě, fúyóu yě. [Pinyin]
    That which drinks but does not eat is the cicada. That which neither drinks nor eats is the mayfly.
* (literary) a type of silk as thin as a cicada's wing
* (literary) cicada-shaped decoration
* (literary) continuously; unendingly
    蟬聯／蝉联 ― chánlián ― to continue in a post; to win a title in successive years

#### Synonyms

* (cicada):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蟬, 蜩 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟬 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蟬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 季鳥兒, 馬季, 伏天兒, 自拉子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蟬, 知了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 蟬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 蟬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 知了兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蟬, 知了 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蟬, 知了兒, 伏涼兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蟬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 唧了兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 麻唧了兒, 唧了兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 唧了兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 麻唧了兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 唧了兒, 惹兒惹兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 消息 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 知了, 稍錢兒, 截了 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 知了 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 截溜兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 遮了兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 截溜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 截溜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 馬即了兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 知老兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 姐了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 馬即了兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 吱嘮嘮, 蟬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蟬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蟬, 唧了子, 唧了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 麥知了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 馬唧了兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 知拉子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 知了, 知了兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蟬, 知了 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 蟬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蟬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛈蛚, 蟬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 蟬, 即了子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 秋蟬, 知了兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 蟬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蟬, 秋蟬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 蟬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蟬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蟬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蟬子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蟬子, 唧拉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 唧拉子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 懶蟲子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蟬, 知了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 蟬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 恩啊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 知丫, 知衣, 知了, 嗟哩, 嗟林 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蟬, 知了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 蟬, 知已子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蟬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 拎啊子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 牛螂螂 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 唧唧丫丫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 蟬, 知溜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 知了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蟬, 知了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 蟬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 知了, 絲飛呀 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 唧喳蟲, 知了, 蟬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蟬, 知了 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 唧丫絲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 星米蟲兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yongzhou | 嘰呀屎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蟬, 知了子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 知了, 周了, 周流, 齋流 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 唧了子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 姐溜, 剪溜, 熱死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 唧了 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 姐溜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 遮娘子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 遮溜子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蟬, 知了, 遮溜子, 遮溜, 遮遮子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蟬, 蠽如子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蟬, 沙蟬, 呦兒 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟬, 沙蟬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 囊拈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 囊寧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 囊寧 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 禾寧, 齧牛 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 沙蟬 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 囊寧 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 啞魚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 丫蟬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蟬, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 啞蟬 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 秋蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huancheng) | 秋蟬, 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nanlang) | 秋蟬, 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Xiaolan) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Henglan) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Dongfeng) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Nantou) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Fusha) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shalang) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Gangkou) | 吱, 吱吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Huangpu) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Sanjiao) | 螂蛉 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Minzhong) | 吱吱, 吱 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Guzhen) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Banfu) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Tanzhou) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 青蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 䗧蜋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蟬公 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 羅寧 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 螂寧 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 蟬仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 螂寧 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟬仔 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 蟬仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 蟬仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 螂寧 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 蟬車 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 吱喳 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蟬謝 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 蟬謝 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 紡紗蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 知了 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 風沙蟲 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蟬謝, 吱喳蟲, 知了, 蟬蟲 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 蟬謝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 蟬謝 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 蟬謝 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蟬子, 蟬蟲 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 蟬 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蟬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 借落子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 縈縈位 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蟬仔, 呀衣仔, 呀衣 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 謯𩑊哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蟬, 知焱 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 謯𩑊哩 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 麻蟬 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Changting | 呀衣 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 呀衣 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 呀衣 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 呀衣 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 蟬蟬子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 呀蟻子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 呀衣子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蟬, 䗊䗊依 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蟬仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蟬, 知焱 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 吱喳 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 蟬謝 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 蟬謝 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 蟬子 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蟬 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蜘蟬 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 知了 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 唧搖搖, 唧了 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟬兒, 蟬, 秋蟬, 秋涼蟲 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 秋涼蟲兒 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 蟬 |
| Jin | Datong | 蟬 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蟬兒 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蟬, 知了 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 喔嚶嚓 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 蟬 |
| Jin | Linhe | 蟬, 山叫螞子 |
| Jin | Jining | 蟬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蟬 |
| Jin | Baotou | 蟬 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 蟬 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 蟬 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蟬 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 唧了兒 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蟬, 知了兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 蟬, 知了, 唧了兒 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 唧了 |
| Jin | Suide | 蟬 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蟬蚱 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 阿蛦, 阿蛦母 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 阿蛦 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 阿蛦 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 阿蛦 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 喃喃吟 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 蟬 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 蟬子哥 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 南蟬 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 蟬 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 岩蟬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 洋飛獅 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 𧌄管蟬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 𧌄啡蟬 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 大蛚 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蛦蚜, 𧌄蜅蟬仔 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 蛦蚜 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 蟬仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 吱蟬 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 𧌄蜅蠐仔, 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 𧌄蜅蠐仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 𧌄蜅蠐仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𧌄蜅蠐, 青吱仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蟬, 蛣蛚 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 𧌄蜅蠐, 蟬仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 蟬仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蟬蠳, 蛣蛚 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蟬仔, 大蛚, 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟬, 𧌄蜅蠐 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 吱喳 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 藥蜅蟬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 藥蜅蟬, 悲蟬, 唪嗄, 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 藥蜅蟬, 𧌄蜅蟬, 悲蟬 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 𧌄啡蟬 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 悲蟬 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蟬 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 𧌄啡蟬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 𧋎螺, 奄蠐 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蟲娘 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 蟬 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 藏蠐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 噝噝叫 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蟬 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 喳喇蟲, 吱喳蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 時吠爺 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 吱喳蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 知了, 柴蟬 dated, 野胡知 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 知了 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 知了, 洋師太, 藥師太 |
| Wu | Danyang | 知吆, 洋知吆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 知了兒 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蚱𧐖 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 知了 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 嘰了 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蟬蛉子, 知了 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蟬蛉子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蟬蛉子 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 吱喳蟲 |

### Compounds

* 今蟬蛻殼 / 今蝉蜕壳
* 仗馬寒蟬 / 仗马寒蝉
* 佩蟬 / 佩蝉
* 冠蟬 / 冠蝉
* 合蟬 / 合蝉
* 哀蟬曲 / 哀蝉曲
* 唅蟬 / 唅蝉
* 啞蟬 / 哑蝉
* 喑蟬 / 喑蝉
* 噤若寒蟬 / 噤若寒蝉 (jìnruòhánchán)
* 夜飛蟬 / 夜飞蝉
* 婉蟬 / 婉蝉
* 嬌蟬 / 娇蝉
* 孟家蟬 / 孟家蝉
* 寒蟬 / 寒蝉 (hánchán)
* 寒蟬仗馬 / 寒蝉仗马
* 寒蟬僵鳥 / 寒蝉僵鸟
* 御蟬香 / 御蝉香
* 掩雀捕蟬 / 掩雀捕蝉
* 新蟬 / 新蝉
* 枯蟬 / 枯蝉
* 槐蟬 / 槐蝉
* 殘蟬 / 残蝉
* 涼蟬 / 凉蝉
* 燿蟬 / 耀蝉
* 爚蟬 / 爚蝉
* 玄武蟬 / 玄武蝉
* 玄蟬 / 玄蝉
* 玉翼蟬娟 / 玉翼蝉娟
* 玉蟬 / 玉蝉
* 玉蟬花 / 玉蝉花
* 玳瑁蟬 / 玳瑁蝉
* 瘖蟬 / 瘖蝉
* 白玉蟬 / 白玉蝉
* 秋蟬 / 秋蝉
* 翠蟬 / 翠蝉
* 耀蟬 / 耀蝉
* 聯蟬 / 联蝉
* 脫殼金蟬 / 脱壳金蝉
* 自同寒蟬 / 自同寒蝉
* 葉蟬 / 叶蝉
* 藥蜅蟬 / 药蜅蝉
* 蚱蟬 / 蚱蝉 (zhàchán)
* 蛙鳴蟬噪 / 蛙鸣蝉噪
* 蛻蟬 / 蜕蝉
* 𧌄栱蟬 / 𧌄栱蝉
* 蜩蟬 / 蜩蝉
* 蜿蟬 / 蜿蝉
* 螳螂搏蟬 / 螳螂搏蝉
* 蟬不知雪 / 蝉不知雪
* 蟬仔 / 蝉仔
* 蟬佩 / 蝉佩
* 蟬冕 / 蝉冕
* 蟬冠 / 蝉冠 (chánguān)
* 蟬冠豸繡 / 蝉冠豸绣
* 蟬化 / 蝉化
* 蟬匷 / 蝉匷
* 蟬吟 / 蝉吟
* 蟬唱 / 蝉唱
* 蟬啼 / 蝉啼
* 蟬喘雷乾 / 蝉喘雷干
* 蟬嘒 / 蝉嘒
* 蟬嘶 / 蝉嘶
* 蟬噪 / 蝉噪
* 蟬娟 / 蝉娟 (chánjuān)
* 蟬媛 / 蝉媛
* 蟬嫣 / 蝉嫣
* 蟬子 / 蝉子 (chánzi)
* 蟬弁 / 蝉弁
* 蟬急 / 蝉急
* 蟬攫 / 蝉攫
* 蟬槐 / 蝉槐
* 蟬機 / 蝉机
* 蟬殼 / 蝉壳
* 蟬清 / 蝉清
* 蟬焉 / 蝉焉
* 蟬珥 / 蝉珥
* 蟬紋 / 蝉纹
* 蟬紗 / 蝉纱
* 蟬組 / 蝉组
* 蟬紫 / 蝉紫
* 蟬緌 / 蝉𮉫
* 蟬緌蟹匡 / 蝉𮉫蟹匡
* 蟬翅 / 蝉翅
* 蟬翅搨 / 蝉翅拓
* 蟬翼 / 蝉翼 (chányì)
* 蟬翼扇 / 蝉翼扇
* 蟬翼本 / 蝉翼本
* 蟬翼法 / 蝉翼法
* 蟬翼紗 / 蝉翼纱
* 蟬翼羅 / 蝉翼罗
* 蟬聯 / 蝉联 (chánlián)
* 蟬聯往復 / 蝉联往复
* 蟬聯蠶緒 / 蝉联蚕绪
* 蟬腹 / 蝉腹
* 蟬腹膪腸 / 蝉腹膪肠
* 蟬腹龜腸 / 蝉腹龟肠
* 蟬花 / 蝉花
* 蟬蛇 / 蝉蛇
* 蟬蜍 / 蝉蜍
* 蟬蜎 / 蝉蜎
* 蟬蜕
* 蟬蛻 / 蝉蜕 (chántuì)
* 蟬蛻蛇解 / 蝉蜕蛇解
* 蟬蛻龍變 / 蝉蜕龙变
* 蟬蜩 / 蝉蜩
* 蟬衣 / 蝉衣 (chányī)
* 蟬衫麟帶 / 蝉衫麟带
* 蟬貂 / 蝉貂
* 蟬連 / 蝉连 (chánlián)
* 蟬露 / 蝉露
* 蟬靈子 / 蝉灵子
* 蟬韻 / 蝉韵
* 蟬飲 / 蝉饮
* 蟬鬟 / 蝉鬟
* 蟬鬢 / 蝉鬓
* 蟬鳥 / 蝉鸟
* 蟬鳴稻 / 蝉鸣稻
* 蟬鳴黍 / 蝉鸣黍
* 蟹匡蟬緌 / 蟹匡蝉𮉫
* 貂蟬 / 貂蝉 (Diāochán)
* 貂蟬冠 / 貂蝉冠
* 軟枝黃蟬 / 软枝黄蝉
* 輕蟬 / 轻蝉
* 連蟬冠 / 连蝉冠
* 連蟬錦 / 连蝉锦
* 郝蟬 / 郝蝉
* 郤蟬草 / 郤蝉草
* 金蟬 / 金蝉 (jīnchán)
* 金蟬脫殼 / 金蝉脱壳
* 金蟬計 / 金蝉计
* 鈿蟬 / 钿蝉
* 銀蟬 / 银蝉
* 銜蟬 / 衔蝉
* 銜蟬奴 / 衔蝉奴
* 附蟬 / 附蝉
* 露蛬風蟬 / 露蛬风蝉
* 青蟬 / 青蝉
* 飛蟬 / 飞蝉
* 香蟬 / 香蝉
* 馬蟬 / 马蝉
* 高蟬 / 高蝉
* 鬢蟬 / 鬓蝉
* 鳴蟬 / 鸣蝉
* 鴉蟬 / 鸦蝉
* 鴉鬟蟬鬄 / 鸦鬟蝉鬄
* 黃金蟬 / 黄金蝉
* 黃雀伺蟬 / 黄雀伺蝉

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03682

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 蝉 |
| Kyūjitai | 蟬 |

### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蝉)
* cicada
* continuous

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぜん (zen)
* Kan-on: せん (sen)
* Kun: せみ (semi, 蟬)、せび (sebi, 蟬)
* Nanori: せみ (semi)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟬 • (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune–Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)
* cicada

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蟬: Hán Nôm readings: thiền
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