蜜蜂

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜜	蜂

Etymology

Compound of 蜜 (mitsu, “honey”) +‎ 蜂 (hachi, “bee”). The hachi changes to bachi due to rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• IPA: /mi.t͡su.ba.t͡ɕi/, [mit͡sɯ̥ᵝbät͡ɕi]

Noun

蜜蜂 (hiragana みつばち, romaji mitsubachi)

1. a honeybee

See also

• 蜂 (はち, hachi): a bee; a wasp; a hornet
• 雀蜂 (すずめばち, suzumebachi): a wasp, a yellow jacket
• 蜂蜜 (はちみつ, hachimitsu): honey

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
蜜蜂

Pronunciation

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Noun

蜜蜂 (traditional and simplified, measure word 隻/只 or 群, Pinyin mìfēng)

1. bee, honeybee

See also

• 胡蜂 (húfēng)
• 黃蜂 (trad.), 黄蜂 (simp.) (huángfēng)
• 大黃蜂 (trad.), 大黄蜂 (simp.) (dàhuángfēng)