黄蜻蛉

Japanese
Kanji in this term
黄 蜻 蛉
き
Grade: 2		 Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi irregular
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

黄蜻蛉(きとんぼ) 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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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