七星瓢虫

See also: 七星瓢蟲

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 七星瓢虫 – see 七星瓢蟲 (“seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug”).
(This term is the simplified form of 七星瓢蟲).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
七 星 瓢 虫
なな
Grade: 1 		ほし
Grade: 2 		てんとう
Jinmeiyō Grade: 1
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
七星瓢蟲 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 七(なな) (nana, “seven”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star → dot”) + 天道(てんとう) (tentō, short for 天道虫 (tentō mushi), “ladybird, ladybug”).

The use of 瓢虫 for tentō is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ななほしてんとー [nànáhóshí téꜜǹtòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠na̠ho̞ɕi tẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

七(なな)星(ほし)瓢虫(てんとう) or 七星瓢虫(ナナホシテントウ) • (nanahoshi tentō) ←ななほしてんたう (nanafositentau) or ナナホシテンタウ (nanafositentau)?

  1. seven-spot ladybird or seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
    Hypernym: 天道虫 (tentō mushi)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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