七星瓢虫

七星瓢虫

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 七星瓢虫 – see 七星瓢蟲 (“seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug”). (This term, 七星瓢虫, is the simplified form of 七星瓢蟲.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
七	星	瓢	虫
なな Grade: 1	ほし Grade: 2	Jinmeiyō	Grade: 1
Irregular

Etymology

From 七 (なな)星 (ほし) (nanahoshi, literally "seven-starred") + 天道虫 (てんとうむし) (tentōmushi, “ladybug, ladybird”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese 七星瓢蟲. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Alternative forms

• 七星天道, 七星天道虫

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) ななほして​んとー [nànáhóshí téꜜǹtòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [na̠na̠ho̞ɕi tẽ̞nto̞ː]

Noun

七星瓢虫 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 七星瓢蟲, hiragana ななほしてんとう, katakana ナナホシテントウ, rōmaji nanahoshi tentō, historical hiragana ななほしてんたう, historical katakana ナナホシテンタウ)

1. seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN