semi

Animals in Japanese / Names List / Starting with se せ

Translation

semi means "Cicada" in English.

semi is normally written with katakana, as セミ.
semi written with hiragana is せみ.

semi written with kanji is 蝉.
This word contains non-jouyou kanji 常用漢字.

Romaji	se	mi
Hiragana	せ	み
Katakana	セ	ミ
Kanji	蝉
School Level	✕

Photo

Drawn Cicada

Caught Cicada

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Further Reading

Wikipedia: セミ (Cicada)