Kanji

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: cicada

Kunyomi: せみ

Onyomi: セン ゼン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: insect

Examples

Onyomi Examples

センセイ cicada singing

アキゼミ cicadas that sing when autumn comes

カンゼミ cicadas which sing in late autumn

カンゼミ cicadas which sing in late autumn

Kunyomi Examples

せみ cicada, locust, small-sized pulley

海老 せみえび blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)

うつせみ one's present existence, this mortal frame, this world, this life, temporal things, cast-off cicada shell, cicada

秋の あきのせみ cicadas that sing when autumn comes, cicadas that sing even in autumn