"蜻蛉" meaning in Japanese

See 蜻蛉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [tõ̞mbo̞] Forms: 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(とんぼ)), 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(トンボ)), tonbo [romanization]
Etymology: /toɴboː/ → /toɴbo/ Shift from earlier tonbō, shortening the final vowel. Now the most common reading of this term. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng). Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|蜻蛉}} とんほ', {{juku}} jukujikun (熟字訓), {{der|ja|zh|蜻蛉}} Chinese 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|とんぼ|トンボ}} 蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 蜻蛉(トンボ) • (tonbo)
  1. dragonfly Synonyms: だんぶり Derived forms: 蜻蛉草 (tonbosō) (ruby: 蜻蛉草(トンボソウ)), 竹蜻蛉: a bamboo dragonfly (english: take tonbo), bamboo-copter (english: take tonbo), a toy, 黄蜻蛉: a yellow darter (ki tonbo) (ruby: (), (とん), ()) (taxonomic: Sympetrum croceolum)
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-noun-4spq7FJV Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 18 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 14 8 35 8 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 7 32 7 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 7 32 7 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [tõ̞mbo̞ː] Forms: 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(とんぼう)), 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(トンボー)), tonbō [romanization], tonbau [romanization], とんばう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /toubau/ → /toːbɔː/ → /toɴbɔː/ → /toɴboː/ Shift from earlier tōbō. Appears in the 康頼本草 (Yasuyori Honzō) of 995 CE. Etymology templates: {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|とんぼう|トンボー|hist=とんばう}} 蜻蛉(とんぼう) or 蜻蛉(トンボー) • (tonbō) ^(←とんばう (tonbau)?)
  1. dragonfly
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-noun-4spq7FJV1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 18 18 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: [to̞ːbo̞ː] Forms: 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(とうぼう)), 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(トウボウ)), tōbō [romanization], toubau [romanization], とうばう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /toubau/ → /toːbɔː/ → /toːboː/ Derivation unknown. Some theories include: * Originally a compound of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly; flying”) + 棒 (bō, “stick, pole”, ancient reading bau). However, this combines a native Japanese etymon with a Chinese borrowing, and the term appears early in the historical record, when such compounds were not common. * Originally a compound of 飛ぶ (tobu, “to fly; flying”) + 羽 (ha, “wing”, ancient reading pa) + uncertain element う (u). While more likely in terms of historical trends, this leaves the final element unexplained. This reading appears to have been superseded by tonbō and tonbo. Etymology templates: {{unk|ja|nocap=1|sort=とうほう'}} unknown, {{lg|borrowing}} borrowing Head templates: {{ja-noun|とうぼう|トウボウ|hist=とうばう}} 蜻蛉(とうぼう) or 蜻蛉(トウボウ) • (tōbō) ^(←とうばう (toubau)?)
  1. (archaic, possibly obsolete) dragonfly Tags: archaic, obsolete, possibly
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-noun-4spq7FJV1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 18 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 14 8 35 8 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 2 47 2 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 7 32 7 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 7 32 7 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [se̞ːɾe̞ː] Forms: 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: (せい), (れい)), 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(セイレイ)), seirei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 蜻蛉 (MC tsjeng leng). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=せいれい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|蜻蛉|id=1}} 蜻蛉 (MC tsjeng leng) Head templates: {{ja-noun|せいれい|セイレイ}} 蜻(せい)蛉(れい) or 蜻蛉(セイレイ) • (seirei)
  1. dragonfly
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-noun-4spq7FJV1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 18 18 18 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Noun

Forms: 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(えんば)), 蜻蛉 [canonical] (ruby: 蜻蛉(エンバ)), enba [romanization], wenba [romanization], ゑんば [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Attested in the late 18th century. Head templates: {{ja-noun|えんば|エンバ|hist=ゑんば}} 蜻蛉(えんば) or 蜻蛉(エンバ) • (enba) ^(←ゑんば (wenba)?)
  1. (archaic) dragonfly Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-noun-4spq7FJV1 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 2 46 2 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 18 18 18 18 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 14 8 35 8 35 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 2 47 2 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 24 7 32 7 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 7 32 7 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-蜻蛉-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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      "english": "take tonbo",
      "word": "竹蜻蛉: a bamboo dragonfly"
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      "english": "take tonbo",
      "word": "bamboo-copter"
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      "word": "a toy"
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Download raw JSONL data for 蜻蛉 meaning in Japanese (9.0kB)

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