蜻蛉

Chinese

dragonfly sandfly
simp. and trad.
(蜻蛉)		 蜻 蛉

Pronunciation

Noun

蜻蛉

  1. damselfly, lacewing

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜻蛉 (“damselfly”)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana とんぼ, katakana トンボ, rōmaji tonbo)

  1. dragonfly
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana とんぼう, katakana トンボウ, rōmaji tonbō, historical hiragana とんばう)

  1. dragonfly

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana とうぼう, katakana トウボウ, rōmaji tōbō, historical hiragana とうばう)

  1. dragonfly

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana あきず, katakana アキズ, rōmaji akizu, historical hiragana あきづ)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana あきつ, katakana アキツ, rōmaji akitsu)

  1. (archaic, since the Heian period) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana えんば, katakana エンバ, rōmaji enba, historical hiragana ゑんば)

  1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
せい
Hyōgaiji		 れい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana せいれい, katakana セイレイ, rōmaji seirei)

  1. dragonfly

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana かげろう, katakana カゲロウ, rōmaji kagerō, historical hiragana かげろふ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
蜻 蛉
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[3]

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)
    • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡʲiɾo̞ː]

Noun

蜻蛉 (hiragana かぎろう, katakana カギロウ, rōmaji kagirō, historical hiragana かぎろふ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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