黄蜻蛉

黄蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	蜻	蛉
き Grade: 2	Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi	Irregular

Etymology

黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟字訓))

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) きと​んぼ [kìtóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲi̥tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

黄蜻蛉 (hiragana きとんぼ, katakana キトンボ, rōmaji kitonbo)

1. a yellow darter (Sympetrum croceolum) (dragonfly species in East Asia)

References

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