Components
蝉 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
セミ
BOOST
noun
1. cicada; locust
2. small-sized pulley
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 75,726 which gives a rank of 12,543
セミ is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 7,000 (about 111,000,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 9151
Example sentences:
セミパラチンスク
そうげん
草原
たみ
かく
つめあと
爪痕
title of book, album etc.
Semipalatinsk: People on the Steppe and the Scars of Nuclear Tests
セミ
いている

Cicadas are singing.
いま
じきせみいっぱいないていて
にほん
日本
なつ
よくかんじることができます
"At this time of the year lots of cicadas chirp, and you can get a real sense of the Japanese summer."
せみ
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 101,000 (about 1,740,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Readings : せみ    せび   
蝉 can be read in 2 ways: せみ (almost always used), せび (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 33,000 (about 17,700,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Readings : せみ    せび   
蟬 can be read in 2 ways: せみ (almost always used), せび (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 73,000 (about 4,160,000 results)
せみ cicada, locust   
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タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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せみ cicada, locust   
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タン    simple   
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two mouths
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