Word details

空蝉

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 空蝉.

Dictionary

Entry

《空蝉》《虚蝉》うつせみNounFreq #75045
1

one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; this life; temporal things

2

cast-off cicada shell; cicada

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

空

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

8 strokesFrequency 304JLPT N4Grade 1

On

クウ

Kun

そらあ.くあ.きあ.けるからす.くす.かすむな.しい

Nanori

うつきく
蝉

cicada

10 strokes

On

センゼン

Kun

せみ
虚

void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth

11 strokesFrequency 1,454JLPT N1Grade 8

On

キョコ

Kun

むな.しいうつ.ろ

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