糸蜻蛉

Japanese

Kanji in this term
糸 蜻 蛉
いと
Grade: 1 		とんぼ
Hyōgai Hyōgai
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spellings
絲蜻蛉 (kyūjitai)
豆娘

Etymology

From 糸(いと) (ito, “thread”) + 蜻蛉(とんぼ) (tonbo, “dragonfly”, jukujikun (熟(じゅく)字(じ)訓(くん))).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いととんぼ [ìtótóꜜǹbò] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ito̞tõ̞mbo̞]

Noun

糸(いと)蜻蛉(とんぼ) or 糸蜻蛉(イトトンボ) • (itotonbo) 

  1. a damselfly
    Synonym: 灯心蜻蛉 (tōsumi tonbo)

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