竹蜻蛉
Japanese
竹蜻蛉 (take tonbo): a bamboo helicopter toy.
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 竹 | 蜻 | 蛉 |
| たけ Grade: 1 | Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| kun’yomi | Irregular | |
Alternative forms
- 竹とんぼ
Etymology
Compound of 竹 (take, “bamboo”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) たけとんぼ [tàké tóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ta̠ke̞ tõ̞mbo̞]
Noun
竹蜻蛉 (hiragana たけとんぼ, rōmaji take tonbo)
- a bamboo-copter, a helicopter toy, consisting of a short bamboo or wooden dowel with a propeller affixed to one end, that flies when the dowel is spun and released
Usage notes
Sometimes spelled 竹とんぼ, due to the complexity and relative rarity of the kanji spelling of 蜻蛉 for tonbo.
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN