蜻蛉

蜻蛉

1. dragonfly

The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜻蛉

• 蜻蜓

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) とんぼ [tòńbó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [tõ̞mbo̞]

蜻蛉 (hiragana とんぼ, katakana トンボ, rōmaji tonbo)

1. dragonfly

• 竹蜻蛉 (たけとんぼ) (taketonbo): a bamboo dragonfly/bamboo-copter; a toy.
• 黄蜻蛉 (キトンボ) (kitonbo)

蜻蛉 (hiragana とんぼう, katakana トンボウ, rōmaji tonbō, historical hiragana とんばう)

1. dragonfly

蜻蛉 (hiragana とうぼう, katakana トウボウ, rōmaji tōbō, historical hiragana とうばう)

1. dragonfly

蜻蛉 (hiragana あきず, katakana アキズ, rōmaji akizu, historical hiragana あきづ)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

蜻蛉 (hiragana あきつ, katakana アキツ, rōmaji akitsu)

1. (archaic, since the Heian period) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

蜻蛉 (hiragana えんば, katakana エンバ, rōmaji enba, historical hiragana ゑんば)

1. (archaic) dragonfly

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せーれー [sèéréé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːɾe̞ː]

蜻蛉 (hiragana せいれい, katakana セイレイ, rōmaji seirei)

1. dragonfly

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[3]

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) かげ​ろー [kàgéꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • (Tokyo) かげろー [kàgéróó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡe̞ɾo̞ː]

蜻蛉 (hiragana かげろう, katakana カゲロウ, rōmaji kagerō, historical hiragana かげろふ)

1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[3]

• (Irregular reading)
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡʲiɾo̞ː]

蜻蛉 (hiragana かぎろう, katakana カギロウ, rōmaji kagirō, historical hiragana かぎろふ)

1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly