蜻 — kanji meaning “dragonfly”
蜻
dragonfly
- Meanings
- dragonfly
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 14
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- qīng — Chinese character page
Words with 蜻
| 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) |
| 蜻蜒 | やんま yanma | darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle |
| 鬼蜻蜓 | おにやんま oniyanma | Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly |
| 銀蜻蜓 | ぎんやんま gin'yanma | lesser emperor (Anax parthenope) |
| 団扇蜻蜓 | うちわやんま uchiwayanma | Sinictinogomphus clavatus (species of clubtail dragonfly) |
| 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) |
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