Chinese

Noun

蜻蛉

1. damselfly, lacewing

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Alternative forms

• 蜻蜓

Noun

蜻蛉 ‎(hiragana とんぼ, katakana トンボ, romaji 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

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 3

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 4

Noun

蜻蛉 ‎(hiragana あきず, katakana アキズ, romaji akizu, historical hiragana あきづ)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 秋津: dragonfly

Etymology 5

Noun

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

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

Etymology 6

Noun

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

1. (archaic) dragonfly

Etymology 7

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) せいれい [sèéréé] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɺ̠e̞ː]

Noun

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

1. dragonfly

Etymology 8

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​ろう [kàgéꜜròò] (Nakadaka - [2])^[1]
• (Tokyo) かげろう [kàgéróó] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɡ̃e̞ɺ̠o̞ː]

Noun

蜻蛉 ‎(hiragana かげろう, katakana カゲロウ, romaji kagerō, historical hiragana かげろふ)

1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

Etymology 9

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): [ka̠ɡ̃iɺ̠o̞ː]

Noun

蜻蛉 ‎(hiragana かぎろう, katakana カギロウ, romaji kagirō, historical hiragana かぎろふ)

1. Obsolete spelling of 蜉蝣: dragonfly

References

1. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3
3. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan