枯葉蛾

Chinese

		withered leaf; dried leaf; dead leaf	moth
trad. (枯葉蛾)		枯葉	蛾
simp. (枯叶蛾)		枯叶	蛾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kūyè'é

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fu¹ jip⁶ ngo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kūyè'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄧㄝˋ ㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kuyè-é
  - Wade–Giles: kʻu¹-yeh⁴-o²
  - Yale: kū-yè-é
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuyeher
  - Palladius: куеэ (kujee)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fu¹ jip⁶ ngo⁴
  - Yale: fū yihp ngòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fu¹ jip⁹ ngo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: fu¹ yib⁶ ngo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuː⁵⁵ jiːp̚² ŋɔː²¹/

Noun

枯葉蛾

Gastropacha quercifolia, a species of lasiocampid moth.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (枯葉蛾):

→ Japanese: 枯葉蛾(かれはが) (kareha ga)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枯	葉	蛾
か(れ) Grade: S	は Grade: 3	が Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 枯(かれ)葉(は) (kareha, “dead leaf”) + 蛾(が) (ga, “moth”).

Noun

枯(かれ)葉(は)蛾(が) or 枯葉蛾(カレハガ) • (kareha ga)

Gastropacha orientalis, a species of lasiocampid moth.

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カレハガ (kareha ga).