蜉蝣
Chinese edit
Ephemera strigata | |||
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simp. and trad. (蜉蝣) |
蜉 | 蝣 | |
alternative forms | 浮游 浮蝣 蜉蝤 |
Etymology edit
(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 edit
Noun edit
蜉蝣
- mayfly
- 蜉蝣之羽、衣裳楚楚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Fúyóu zhī yǔ, yīshang chǔchǔ. [Pinyin]
- The wings of the ephemera, are robes, bright and splendid.
Derived terms edit
- 蜉蝣在世 (fúyóu zàishì)
Descendants edit
Japanese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蜉 | 蝣 |
かげろう | |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
jukujikun |
Alternative spelling |
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蜻蛉 (obsolete) |
Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagerō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[1] The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 蜉蝣 (fúyóu).
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) かげろー [kàgéꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [2])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) かげろー [kàgéróó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ka̠ɡe̞ɾo̞ː]
Noun edit
蜉蝣 or 蜉蝣 • (kagerō) ←かげろふ (kagerofu)?
Usage notes edit
- As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カゲロウ.
Idioms edit
Idioms
- 蜉蝣の命 (kagerō no inochi): “a mayfly's life” → a metaphor for a short life
Etymology 2 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蜉 | 蝣 |
かぎろう | |
Hyōgaiji | Hyōgaiji |
irregular |
Alternative spelling |
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蜻蛉 |
Change in meaning from 陽炎 (kagirō, “heat haze, heat shimmer”), from the way that the insects fly in swarms that visually resemble heat haze.[1]
Obsolete reading.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
蜉蝣 • (kagirō) ←かぎろふ (kagirofu)?
Etymology 3 edit
Kanji in this term | |
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蜉 | 蝣 |
ふ Hyōgaiji |
ゆう Hyōgaiji |
on’yomi |
From Middle Chinese 蜉蝣 (MC bjuw yuw). Compare Mandarin 蜉蝣 (fúyóu), Vietnamese phù du.
Pronunciation edit
- (Tokyo) ふゆう [fùyúú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- (Tokyo) ふゆう [fúꜜyùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝjɯ̟ᵝː]
Noun edit
- a mayfly
- (by extension) ephemerality (from the way that mayflies are born and die within a day)
Idioms edit
Idioms
- 蜉蝣の一期 (fuyū no ichigo): “a mayfly's life” → a metaphor for a short life
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “蜉蝣・蜻蛉”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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蜉 | 蝣 |
Noun edit
蜉蝣
Adjective edit
蜉蝣