What does 蝉 mean?
蝉 is a Japanese noun meaning “cicada” or “locust” in English. It can also be translated as “small-sized pulley” depending on context. It is written as 蝉 in kanji, せみ in hiragana, and semi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
あみでせみを捕まえた。
We captured cicadas with a net.