夜蛾

夜蛾

Chinese

		night	moth
simp. and trad. (夜蛾)		夜	蛾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yè'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yè'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeher
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yè'é
    • IPA ^(key): /jɛ⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/

Noun

夜蛾

1. owlet moth

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	蛾
や Grade: 2	が Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Etymology

From 夜 (ya, “night”) +‎ 蛾 (ga, “moth”). Compare New Latin Noctuidae (“owlet moths”), Latin noctua (“owl”) and Latin nox (“night”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) や​が [yáꜜgà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠ɡa̠]

Noun

夜蛾 (hiragana やが, katakana ヤガ, rōmaji yaga)

1. an owlet moth

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9