天道虫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	道	虫
てん Grade: 1	とう Grade: 2	むし Grade: 1

Alternative forms

てんとう虫, 瓢虫, 紅娘

Etymology

From 天 (てん)道 (とう) (tentō, “celestial path”) + 虫 (むし) (mushi, “bug”).

Derived species are suffixed with -tentō.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てんとーむし [tèńtóꜜòmùshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [tẽ̞nto̞ːmɯ̟ᵝɕi]

Noun

天道虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 天道蟲, hiragana てんとうむし, katakana テントウムシ, rōmaji tentō mushi, historical hiragana てんたうむし, historical katakana テンタウムシ)

a ladybird (UK), a ladybug (US), a lady beetle (any beetle of family Coccinellidae)
Hypernym: 甲虫 (kōchū)
Synonym of 並瓢虫 (namitentō): an Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as テントウムシ.

Derived terms

Derived terms

偽瓢虫 (テントウムシダマシ) (tentōmushi-damashi, “handsome fungus beetle”)
赤星 (アカボシ)瓢虫 (テントウ) (akaboshi tentō, “Chilocorus rubidus”)
七星 (ナナホシ)瓢虫 (テントウ) (nanahoshi tentō, “Coccinella septempunctata”)
並 (ナミ)瓢虫 (テントウ) (namitentō, “Harmonia axyridis”)
二 (ニ)十 (ジュウ)八 (ハチ)星 (ホシ)瓢虫 (テントウ) (nijūhachihoshi tentō, “Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata”)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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