tiáo

cicada

Components

Meaning component
chóng bug, insect

insect

Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːw
Unicodedheu

說文解字

蟬也。从虫周聲。《詩》曰:“五月鳴蜩。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica