"蚊" meaning in Japanese

See 蚊 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. mosquito Tags: kanji Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Parasites
    Sense id: en-蚊-ja-character-0ZlJw9Qi Disambiguation of Dipterans: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Parasites: 33 33 33 Categories (other): Common kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 33 33

Noun

IPA: [ka̠] Forms: 蚊 [canonical] (ruby: 蚊(か)), ka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=か}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|噛む||to bite|tr=kamu}} 噛む (kamu, “to bite”), {{m|ja|痒い||itchy|tr=kayui}} 痒い (kayui, “itchy”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|か}} 蚊(か) • (ka)
  1. mosquito Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Parasites
    Sense id: en-蚊-ja-noun-0ZlJw9Qi Disambiguation of Dipterans: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Parasites: 33 33 33 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ː] Forms: 蚊 [canonical] (ruby: 蚊(かあ)), kā [romanization]
Etymology: Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|蚊|tr=ka}} 蚊 (ka) Head templates: {{ja-noun|かあ}} 蚊(かあ) • (kā)
  1. mosquito Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Parasites
    Sense id: en-蚊-ja-noun-0ZlJw9Qi1 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Parasites: 33 33 33 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 蚊 meaning in Japanese (7.1kB)

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