竹蜻蛉
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 竹 | 蜻 | 蛉 |
| たけ Grade: 1 |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
| kun'yomi | irregular | |
Alternative forms
Etymology
Compound of 竹 (take, “bamboo”) + 蜻蛉 (tonbo, “dragonfly”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
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Noun
竹蜻蛉 • (take tonbo)
- a bamboo-copter, a helicopter toy, consisting of a short bamboo or wooden dowel with a propeller affixed to one end, that flies when the dowel is spun and released
Usage notes
Sometimes spelled 竹とんぼ, due to the complexity and relative rarity of the kanji spelling of 蜻蛉 for tonbo.
References
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 竹 read as たけ
- Japanese terms spelled with 蜻
- Japanese terms spelled with 蛉
- Japanese terms read with irregular kanji readings
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with hyōgaiji kanji
- Japanese terms written with three Han script characters
- ja:Toys