黄蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄 蜻 蛉
き
Grade: 2 		とんぼ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
黃蜻蛉 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓)).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) きとんぼ [kìtóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [kʲi̥tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

黄(き)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 黄蜻蛉(キトンボ) • (kitonbo) 

  1. a yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum), a kind of dragonfly in East Asia

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
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