秋茜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
秋	茜
あき Grade: 2	あかね Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) あきあかね [àkíáꜜkànè] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠kʲia̠ka̠ne̞]

Noun

秋(あき)茜(あかね) or 秋茜(アキアカネ) • (akiakane)

Sympetrum frequens (species of dragonfly endemic to Japan)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as アキアカネ (akiakane).

References

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