螽蟖

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きりぎりす
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
Alternative spellings
螽斯
蟋蟀

Etymology

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 螽斯 (zhōngsī)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) りぎりす [kìrígíꜜrìsù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾʲiɡʲiɾʲisɨ]

Noun

螽蟖(きりぎりす) or 螽蟖(キリギリス) • (kirigirisu

  1. Japanese katydid, Gampsocleis buergeri
    Synonym: 機織 (hataori)
  2. katydid, an cricket of the family Tettigoniidae
  3. (archaic) synonym of 蟋蟀 (koorogi, cricket)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).