蜻蜓

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Chinese

dragonfly dragonfly
trad. (蜻蜓)
simp. #(蜻蜓)
alternative forms 蜻蜒 misspelling
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Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like there's some sort of reduplication”)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/3
Initial () (14) (7)
Final () (125) (125)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV IV
Fanqie
Baxter tsheng deng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛŋ/ /dɛŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛjŋ/ /dɛjŋ/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰeŋ/ /deŋ/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /dieŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰieŋ/ /dʱieŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qīng tíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cing1 ting4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2 2/3
No. 11363 12427
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sʰleːŋ/ /*l'eːŋ/

Noun

蜻蜓

  1. dragonfly

Synonyms

Japanese

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Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

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Pronunciation

Noun

蜻蜓(やんま) or 蜻蜓(ヤンマ) (yanma

  1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
せい
Hyōgaiji
てい
Hyōgaiji
kan'on

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Noun

(せい)(てい) or 蜻蜓(セイテイ) (seitei

  1. large dragonfly, specifically hawker (dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

蜻蜓(とんぼ) or 蜻蜓(トンボ) (tonbo or 蜻蜓(とんぼう) or 蜻蜓(トンボー) (tonbō (used by Bashō)

  1. Alternative spelling of 蜻蛉

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN