蜻蜓

Chinese

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

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
irregular

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

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

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

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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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