Chinese Character Wiki

蜩

tiáo

cicada

Components
虫 meaning component

虫  Meaning component

chóng

  

bug, insect

insect

周 sound component

周  Sound component

zhōu

  

cycle

Evolution

蜩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
蜩 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

蜩  

tiáo

cicada, broad locust; cicada

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6754th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+8729

Shuowen

“蜩，蟬也。从虫，周聲。《詩》曰：‘五月鳴蜩。’，蜩或从舟。”


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