竹蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
竹 蜻 蛉
たけ
Grade: 1 		Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spelling
竹とんぼ

Etymology

Compound of 竹 (take, “bamboo”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) たけとんぼ [tàké tóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞ tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

竹蜻蛉(たけとんぼ) • (take tonbo) 

  1. a bamboo-copter, a helicopter toy, consisting of a short bamboo or wooden dowel with a propeller affixed to one end, that flies when the dowel is spun and released

Usage notes

Sometimes spelled 竹とんぼ, due to the complexity and relative rarity of the kanji spelling of 蜻蛉 for tonbo.

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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