並瓢虫
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | ||
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並 | 瓢 | 虫 |
なみ Grade: 6 |
てんとう | |
Jinmeiyō | Grade: 1 | |
kun’yomi | jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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竝瓢蟲 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology[edit]
Compound of 並 (nami, “average, ordinary”) + 天道 (tentō, literally, “celestial path”, but here referring to 天道虫 (tentō mushi, “ladybird, ladybug”); the 瓢虫 spelling is an alternative for tentō mushi).[1][2]
The use 瓢虫 for the tentō portion is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), borrowed from Chinese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
並瓢虫 or 並瓢虫 • (nami tentō) ←なみてんたう (namitentau) or ナミテンタウ (namitentau)?
Usage notes[edit]
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ナミテントウ.
- Sometimes called as simply 天道虫 (tentō mushi).[1]
References[edit]
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 並 read as なみ
- Japanese terms spelled with 瓢
- Japanese terms spelled with 虫
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms spelled with jukujikun
- Japanese terms derived from Chinese
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms with multiple readings
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters