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Kanji Detail for 蛄 - "mole cricket, cicada"

  • Meaning

    蛄 means "mole cricket, cicada."

    1. Mole cricket - An insect of the family Gryllotalpidae (used in compound 螻蛄).

    2. Cicada - An insect of the family Cicadidae (used in compound 蟪蛄).

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    mole cricket; cicada

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    mole cricket

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    see 螻蛄|蝼蛄[lou2 gu1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    mole cricket

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    螻蛄 (mole cricket). An insect name. Lives in burrows underground and chirps. Shaped like a cricket. Neck is round and long. Males have wings and fly at night. Attracted to lights. A pest of wheat, grapes, and other crops. | 蟪蛄. A type of cicada. Body is small, color is black. Wings have black markings. In summer, chirps incessantly from morning to evening.
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