蜻蛉

蜻蛉

Chinese

		dragonfly
trad. (蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉
simp. #(蜻蛉)		蜻	蛉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingling
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cing¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: chīng lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ ling⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Noun

蜻蛉

1. dragonfly

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

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

Alternative forms

• 蜻蜓

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

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

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

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

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

Etymology 6

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

Noun

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

1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 7

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
せい Hyōgaiji	れい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 8

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

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]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Etymology 9

Kanji in this term
蜻	蛉
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

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]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan