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U+8729

Seal script

Radical:+ 8 strokes = 14 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.145#4 Kangxi: p.1086#23 Cihai: p.1192r5c05 GSR: 1083.v Hanyu: v4,p2865#02
Composition:Left: , right: .
Mandarin:tiáo diào ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄉㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese:tiu4
Tang reconstruction:dheu
Shuowen:虫部》蜩:蟬也。从虫周聲。《》曰:「五月鳴蜩。
Guangyun:廣韻·下平聲··》蜩:大蟬。
Kangxi:康熙字典·虫部·》蜩:《唐韻》徒聊切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》田聊切,𠀤音迢。《玉篇》蟬也。《·豳風》五月鳴蜩。《大雅》如蜩如螗。《傳》蜩,蟬也。螗,蝘也。《疏》《釋蟲》云:蜩、蜋、蜩、螗,舍人曰:皆蟬也。方語不同,三輔以西爲蜩,梁宋以西謂蜩爲蝘,楚地謂之蟪蛄。《楚辭》云:蟪蛄鳴兮啾啾是也。陸璣疏云:螗一名蝘虭,《字林》虭或作蟟也。靑、徐人謂之螇螰。然則螗蝘亦蟬之別名耳。《爾雅·釋蟲》蜩,蜋蜩。《註》夏小正傳曰:蜋蜩者五彩具。《又》螗蜩。《註》夏小正傳曰:螗蜩者,蝘。俗呼爲胡蟬,江南謂之螗蛦。《又》蠽,茅蜩。《註》江東呼爲茅截,似蟬而小,靑色。《又》蝒,馬蜩。《註》蜩中最大爲馬蟬。《又》蜺,寒蜩。《註》寒螿也。似蟬而小,靑色。《酉陽雜俎》蜩屬,旁鳴。又蜩甲,蟬蛻也。《莊子·寓言篇》予蜩甲也。又徒弔切,音掉。蜩蟉,龍首動貌。《前漢·司馬相如傳》蜩蟉偃蹇怵𤟭以梁倚。又《韻補》𨻰留切,音儔。《王褒·九懷》林不容兮鳴啁,余何留兮中州。陶嘉月以總轡,搴玉英兮自修。《玉篇》一作𧊓。
Fanqie:徒聊 (《廣韻·下平聲··》)
Unihan definition:cicada, broad locust

Example usage

禮記·內則》:爵,鷃,,范,芝栭,菱,椇,棗,栗,榛,柿,瓜,桃,李,梅,杏,楂,梨,姜,桂。
There were sparrows and finches, partridges, cicadas, bees, lichens, small chestnuts, the water-caltrops, the hovenia dulcis, the zizyphus, chestnuts, hazel-nuts, persimmons, cucumbers, peaches, plums, ballaces, almonds, haws, pears, ginger, and cinnamon.
莊子·逍遙遊》:與學鳩笑之曰:「我決起而飛,槍1榆、枋,時則不至而控於地而已矣,奚以之九萬里而南為?」
A cicada and a little dove laughed at it, saying, 'We make an effort and fly towards an elm or sapanwood tree; and sometimes before we reach it, we can do no more but drop to the ground. Of what use is it for this (creature) to rise 90,000 li, and make for the South?'
詩經·七月》:四月秀葽、五月鳴
In the fourth month, the Small grass is in seed. In the fifth, the cicada gives out its note.
說苑·雜言》:》云:『苑彼柳斯,鳴嚖嚖。』
春秋繁露·天道施》:蛻濁穢之中,含得命施之理,與萬物遷徙而不自失者,聖人之心也。
大戴禮記·夏小正》:鳴。
列子·黃帝》:仲尼適楚,出於林中,見痀僂者承,猶掇之也。
史記》:於是玄猨素雌,蜼玃飛鸓,蛭蠷蝚,螹胡豰蛫,棲息乎其閒。
逸周書·時訓解》:夏至之日,鹿角解,又五日,始鳴,又五日,半夏生。
吳越春秋·十四年》:太子友曰:「適游後園,聞秋之聲,往而觀之。」
漢書》:跮踱輵螛容以骫麗兮,蟉偃寋怵铨以梁倚。
西京雜記·第四》:螗厲嚮,蜘蛛吐絲。
楚辭·危俊》:林不容兮鳴,余何留兮中州?
焦氏易林·比之》:謙:飛墜木,不毀頭足。
說文解字·虫部》:蝒:馬也。
爾雅·釋蟲》:,蜋
方言·第十一》:襌,楚謂之,宋衛之間謂之螗,陳鄭之間謂之蜋,秦晉之間謂之蟬,海岱之間謂之䗁。
文心雕龍·比興》:故金錫以喻明德,珪璋以譬秀民,螟蛉以類教誨,螗以寫號呼,浣衣以擬心懮,席卷以方志固:凡斯切象,皆比義也。
抱朴子·對俗》:之薄術,而傴僂有入神之巧,在乎其人,由於至精也。
水經注·潁水》:潁水又東南逕蟟郭東,俗謂之鄭城矣。
藝文類聚·》:《周書時訓》曰:夏至之日,鹿角解,始鳴,大暑之日,腐草化為螢。
廣韻·》:蟬:也,禮記仲夏之月蟬始鳴季秋之月寒蟬鳴援神契曰蟬無力故不食也。
太平御覽·夏上》:夏至之日,鹿角解,後五日始鳴,後五日半夏生。
太平廣記·》:偶拂殺一焉,細視之,翼甚似,冠甚似蜂。
朱子語類》:介甫詩:「柳樹鳴綠暗,荷花落日紅酣。」
宋景文公筆記》:倉庚鳴春,蟋蟀唫夏,蟧喝秋,蟻子戰陰,非有命之者,氣自動耳。
郁離子·玄豹》:是故鸚鵡縶於能言,蠠獲於善鳴。
全唐詩》:譬如鷃徒,啾啾啅龍鵬。
康熙字典·》:《博雅》闇,𧕄也。

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