蛉 — kanji meaning “dragonfly”
蛉
dragonfly, moon moth
- Meanings
- dragonfly, moon moth
- On'yomi
- レイ (rei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- líng — Chinese character page
Words with 蛉
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜻蛉 | とんぼ tonbo | dragonfly |
| 塩辛蜻蛉 | しおからとんぼ shiokaratonbo | Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer) |
| 麦藁蜻蛉 | むぎわらとんぼ mugiwaratonbo | dragonfly |
| 川蜻蛉 | かわとんぼ kawatonbo | broad-winged damselfly (of family Calopterygidae) |
| 螟蛉 | めいれい meirei | hornworm |
| 蛇蜻蛉 | へびとんぼ hebitonbo | dobsonfly (esp. species Protohermes grandis) |
| 昔蜻蛉 | むかしとんぼ mukashitonbo | Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan) |
| 紅糸蜻蛉 | べにいととんぼ beniitotonbo | Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly) |
| 羽黒蜻蛉 | はぐろとんぼ hagurotonbo | Calopteryx atrata (species of damselfly) |
| 伊予蜻蛉 | いよとんぼ iyotonbo | whip-carrying habenaria (Habenaria iyoensis) |
| 水蜻蛉 | みずとんぼ mizutonbo | Habenaria sagittifera (species of bog orchid) |
| 角蜻蛉 | つのとんぼ tsunotonbo | owlfly (any insect of family Ascalaphidae); owl fly |
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